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Subject: The Promises of Functional Programming
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Hi,

If you haven't yet read it, this paper “The Promises of Functional
Programming”, from Computing in Science & Engineering, shows the
growing interest for functional programming in scientific circles
(OCaml is even mentioned!).
http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/0609/whatsnew/cise

Enjoy,
C.