> A functional runtime is ultimately built upon an imperative foundation.
Not necessarily. Functional language compilers are very sophisticated and do not necessarily compile code the way you might think.
Not necessarily. Functional language compilers are very sophisticated and do not necessarily compile code the way you might think.
If you use an abstraction (your job as a programmer) the innards of the processor should approach inconsequential.
For the record, I prefer purely functional programming, but it's not the only tool in the tool box.
It is, but the code barely resembles the code most imperative programmers would write.