Nikolaus Klepp via Dng said on Tue, 1 Feb 2022 17:55:30 +0100

>Anno domini 2022 Tue, 1 Feb 11:44:37 -0500
> Steve Litt scripsit:

>> In the hands of anything but a very careful and
>> security-knowledgeable programmer, writing Python3 is more secure
>> than writing C. You could think of Python3 as C with seatbelts and
>> airbags, and a heck of an inefficient transmission.
>
>When it comes to this, I still prefer Scheme/Lisp seatbelts and
>airbags. But that's most likely because I have a grey beard and the
>first "high level" languages where indentation kicked my butt were
>fortran and cobol. Seeing that resurrected in python is like return of
>the living dead ...
>
>Nik

Hi Nik,

I've been trying for over a decade to learn Scheme, or any other
functional programming language. I've failed every time. Since 1982
I've been a structured programmer using functional decomposition as a
design method. I can do OOP, although I'm not that impressed by it.

How can I acquire the proper mindset to do Scheme or other functional
languages the right way, so I can finally start functional programming
that doesn't have a C accent?

Thanks,

SteveT

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