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		sethev on Dec 20, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Deconstructing Functional Programming [video] Part of his critique is that they do use terms that people are familiar with but which are misleading, like "return".

catnaroek on Dec 20, 2013 | [–]

So call it "pure". I agree that "return" is not the most fortunate term.

Peaker on Dec 20, 2013 | | [–]

This is a very valid critique, but I don't remember ever hearing that (except from Haskellers!)

mafribe on Dec 20, 2013 | [–]

It's a fairly superficial matter, not worthy of a lengthy diatribe. One gets used to names.

After all compilers don't compile, they translate.

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