> but the former indicates a stigmatization of side-effecting in the Scheme community
Such poppycock. Clearly marking functions with side effects as such is not stigmatization, it's common sense. Don't take the sloppiness of other language cultures for the norm, although statistically it may well be. Too many people already think procedural object soup is how things should be.
Such poppycock. Clearly marking functions with side effects as such is not stigmatization, it's common sense. Don't take the sloppiness of other language cultures for the norm, although statistically it may well be. Too many people already think procedural object soup is how things should be.