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nullcipher on July 11, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Why do functional programmers hate loops (...

If i ask you to add from 1 to 10 , is that how you add ? 1 + 10 + let_me_add_from2_9 ? So yeah, not at all natural.

orwin on July 11, 2023 [–]

You easily see it's (1+10)*10/2, so you'll get to 55 way faster this way. Way more natural.

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