[clean-list] Clean's answer to the Functional Achilles-heel

[Fergus Henderson]

On 27-Dec-2001, Mark Phillips <mark@austrics.com.au> wrote:
> 
> The Achilles-heel of functional programming seems to be interaction
> with the outside world.
...
> I realize that the various schools of Functional/Logic thought have
> implemented mechanisms attempting to overcome these difficulties, but
> if I understand correctly, none of the current solutions is entirely
> statisfactory.  Each proposed solution has its drawbacks.  No approach
> has emerged to be _the_ answer.

It's true that no single approach has emerged to be _the_ answer,
but calling it "the Achilles-heel" is way too strong.
All of the different approaches are certainly adequate.

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