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		rifung on Feb 19, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why are there no loops in FP? Ah I guess that is true! There's no reason to have them unless you need them since it would make the language simpler. Also I am beginning to see that loops actually can lead to programs which are hard to reason with, so if anything I guess they would want to not include them unless absolutely necessary.

j13z on Feb 19, 2015 [–]

Maybe think about it this way:

Loops are not expressions.

(Where I assume that you are talking about for-loops and the like.)

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