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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject: Re: Why Python When There Is Perl?
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On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 22:53:54 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

> On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 18:46:59 +0530, Yaxley Peaks wrote:
> 
>> Embrace purely functional programming!
> 
> Purely-functional programming’s dirty little secret is that I/O cannot
> be expressed in a purely-functional way.

Hence 'common lisp'. Lisp descended from the rarefied atmosphere of 
academia to mingle with the commoners that wanted to actually do something 
with their dirty little paws.

The original Pascal was only good for telling itself secrets before hoi 
polloi got their mitts on it too.