[R] R as a non-functional language

[Johannes Huesing]

Russ Abbott <russ.abbott at gmail.com> [Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 06:46:04AM CET]:
> I'm afraid I disagree.  

I don't think there is much disagreement. You have been shown that
there is a functional way to rephrase your example. I suppose you
don't disagree that the structure() expression has no side effects.
And hardly anyone else here disagrees that "names() <-" has.

I think most of us are aware that it's possible to use R in a 
non-functional way, and a couple of us are aware of the downsides.
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