Re: [Haskell-cafe] Wikipedia on first-class object

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:35:54 +0200, Jonathan Cast wrote:

Only on Von Neuman machines. Haskell implementations are not required to run on Von Neuman machines. That's why the language is called functional. (Imperative languages, by contrast, are just abstractions of the underlying Von Neuman architecture, which is probably the source of your confusion).

Can you tell me what is it that make a language imperative ? When I learned about formal grammars and languages, there was no discussion about this. ________ Information from NOD32 ________ This message was checked by NOD32 Antivirus System for Linux Mail Servers. part000.txt - is OK http://www.eset.com