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		CuriousSkeptic on Feb 2, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rust for Web Perhaps a better world would be referentially transparent. Thought I'd avoid a debate about what constitute functional. But here we are...

tatterdemalion on Feb 5, 2016 [–]

The issue you're talking about is purity (not having side effects). Many expression based languages have side effects, such as Rust, OCaml, or Common Lisp.

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