From: Xavier Noria <fxn@...>
Date: 2007-10-22T23:32:51+09:00
Subject: Re: Why don't we have "C" machines? (was Re: [OT] Re: Should *most* memory be release back to the system?)

On Oct 22, 2007, at 4:23 PM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:

> Martin DeMello wrote:
>> Also, Scheme is mostly functional, but Common Lisp is multiparadigm.
>
> Both are really Lisp 1.5 with some simple core semantics changes  
> and different libraries. :) But seriously, both are "mostly  
> functional" but contain imperative features.

In what sense? I don't think Lisp is mostly functional nowadays any  
more than Perl is mostly functional so to speak. You _can_ write in a  
functional style in both languages, but in my view they are multi- 
paradigm nowadays.

-- fxn