Of what use is 'lambda'???

[Jonadab the Unsightly One]

"Steven D. Majewski" <sdm7g at virginia.edu> wrote:

> Most computer programs use a lot more variables than functions,

Depends what you're doing.  I've written programs that have
more functions than variables.  In BASIC, even.

> so the advantage of anonymous function expressions is not as 
> obvious unless you do a lot of functional programming. 

I have a question.  What is the difference between functional
programming and procedural programming?  I know I should know
this, but...

- jonadab