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chris wrote:
> What rubbish!  Computing started with maths and is a form of 
> mathematics.  A great deal of maths is side effect free.

Computing started in the 1600s when Blaise Pascal invented
an adding machine. It used side effects (movable wheels) to
do its work.

<http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/story088.htm>

Those who do not learn from history are apt to make silly
statements about it.