"no variable or argument declarations are necessary."

[Paul Rubin]

"Diez B. Roggisch" <deets at web.de> writes:
>  - FPs share their own set of problems - try writing a server. The
> have inherent troubles with event-driven programs.

Erlang?

> Still, FP is cool. But python too. And just attaching some
> type-inference to python won't work.

Yeah, I've figured declarations in Python would be more like Common
Lisp's, i.e. optional, enforced at compile time only when the compiler
can easily figure it out, and at runtime otherwise.