Simple made easy

http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Simple-Made-Easy

Rich Hickey's presentation which received a standing ovation from Dr. Sussman.

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in C you do everything in state, even basic things like looping ("++i") require side effects.

In a functional language, you tend not to loop over anything. You transform data structure to new data structures. It's memory inefficient, but it reduces headaches.