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		huggyface on Feb 3, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Node.js isn't a silver bullet, but it's still a bu... My interest in having a boring argument with a language bigot approaches nil. But yes, aside from the very namesake of functional programming (a vague language grouping with no disciplined definition), yeah there's nothing else there...groan.

apgwoz on Feb 4, 2012 [–]

You are correct in saying that functional programming has a vague meaning. For JavaScript, I'll accept the meaning:

    functional: adj, produces a correct result
      example usage: Despite its many warts, inadequacies,
        somehow JavaScript is actually functional.

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