@jlamothe Because functions can have side-effects like I/O ?
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Naughtylus :nixos: :plasma: (naughtylus@fosstodon.org)'s status on Saturday, 19-Feb-2022 15:01:44 UTC Naughtylus :nixos: :plasma: @jlamothe I don't know much Haskell, but I do like the idea of pure functions. Conceptually.
Haskell is listed on Wikipedia in the languages that influenced Rust, so I feel there's a good reason this aspect of Haskell wasn't picked up, and I'd be curious to know it.