🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <462@dcl-csvax.comp.lancs.ac.uk>, craig@comp.lancs.ac.uk (Craig) writes:
> that iteration and recursion are equivalent why not then just stick to
> recursion, sure make it look iterative (so that we all don't get technology 
> shock :-)) but remove iteration from the program model (we could talk about
> GOTOs if you like :-) :-)).  The actor model and continuations have a solution
> to distributing recursion, why not use it.

Iteration and recursion aren't quite the same: only some cases of
recursion are iterative.  Those are usually easier to describe with
iterative constructs. 

As for single-assignment languages, check out Lucid (the stream
language, not the Lisp sublanguage). 

One problem I have with Lucid (and Icon, for that matter) is that a
single unit can't easily generate several unsynchronized streams.  This
makes it really hard to generate intermittent debugging messages without
destroying your program.