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Transactional Memory does not require functional languagesTransactional Memory does not require functional languagesPosted Jun 17, 2009 6:53 UTC (Wed) by j1m+5n0w (guest, #20285)In reply to: Transactional Memory does not require functional languages by tvld Parent article: A look at two new languages: Vala and Clojure
Very true, there's no technical reason why STM would require a functional language. The main advantage some functional languages have is purity, which means the type system can guarantee that a particular block of code does not cause side effects or otherwise interact with shared, mutable state in ways that aren't allowed by STM. In an impure language, the programmer would need to be extra vigilant.
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