Re: [Haskell-cafe] Theoretical question: are side effects necessary?

Apparently on such solid ground that you hinder their critical thinking skills by answering for them. On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 9:24 PM, Donn Cave wrote:

Quoth KC ,

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On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 7:44 PM, Jerzy Karczmarczuk wrote:

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... but the question of purity of a program - in my opinion - concerns the program, and nothing else.

You might be thinking of software engineering purity.

Or software engineers might be thinking of purity in the same way. I personally hope I think of purity in a way that's of some practical use in terms of Haskell programs, and I would hope software engineers in general would do likewise. From that perspective, it seems to me that M. Karczmarczuk is on pretty solid ground.

Donn

-- -- Regards, KC