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Morality in programming
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According to web developers Paul Snively and Amanda Laucher, only purely functional programming is moral. Are they right? Are you being immoral by coding in an impure language? Are impure programs inherently bug ridden disasters that lead to accidents and the death of innocent civilians?
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>>55402477
Get that feeling shit out of programming. Holy shit. Women programming language was enough as is. That's why we dont take COBOL seriously.
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>>55402477

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The term "moral equivalence" in (formalized) logics, and by extension, in programming has nothing to do with appeal to morality (as in, ethical or philosophical questions). It is co-opting the term "morally", but means something different. It is generally supposed to mean "P holds, but only under certain side-conditions". These conditions are often omitted if they have no educational value, are trivial, technical and/or boring. Hence, the linked article about "moral equivalence" has nothing to do it – there are no value judgements involved here.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37664595/what-do-functional-programmers-mean-by-moral

Nice bait.
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>>55402477
So adding DRM or some hidden shit in your code is immoral ?
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