On 19/05/2011 14:45, Costello, Roger L. wrote:
I define "pure" code as code that doesn't do any I/O.
why that (highly idiosyncratic) definition?
If you mean to keep separate purely declarative, side effect free
functional code from imperative code then there are other things to
consider besides I/O. (Extension functions for example.)
David
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