[Haskell-cafe] Who started 42, and when?

[Colin Paul Adams]

>>>>> "Phil" == Phil Molyneux <molyneux at kingston.ac.uk> writes:

    Phil> Adams was interested in computing --- I think his reaction
    Phil> to being told about functional programming was to wonder
    Phil> what non-functional programming might be.

Curiously, that was my reaction too when i first heard of the term
(from a university student who was complaining that it was too hard).
-- 
Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire