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		bslatkin on March 5, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Building a new functional programming language It's SSA. If you use (define) in Racket is it no longer functional?

rurban on March 6, 2023 [–]

If the setter is at compile-time it might still be functional. If it's at run-time, not. A run-time setter must be a binding (as in lambda args), not an assignment.

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