Re: Functional Programming in the Larger or Functional Oriented Software Engineering

> It is true that having your state encapsulated is much better than the
> alternative of having your state hanging out all over the place.  When an object is modified
> in a surprising way, at least you know where to find the offending code.

Of course, with C++, you get the worst of both worlds: stateful objects and global state.

On the other hand, folks really miss having global state in Haskell.  It has 
its uses.

-- Paul