As for functional programming, I like it but I wish that I had known more about the programming style which already had the name "functional programming" when I wrote that node. What I described is similar, but not the same, and I fear that I have created a bad meme among Perl programmers which nothing can be done about. :-(

PS And both for this and for all of the messages that I am not replying to personally, thanks for welcoming me back. :-)

Perhaps poorly named, but it certainly got me thinking along new lines. It might not be haskell but no single node has had such an impact on the way I look and approach a problem. It just got my mind working in many new directions.

-Lee

"To be civilized is to deny one's nature."