[tome]

> This page doesn't load for me, which is a pity.

https://web.archive.org/web/20131225040636/http://conal.net/...

> Why limit the question just to functional programming?

There was already an article about the general case :)

http://web.stanford.edu/class/cs242/readings/backus.pdf

[conal]

Sorry about that. My blog seems to be working now. I don't know what happened earlier. I think the server I've been using is underpowered. Hopefully I'll get my site migrated soon.