@techreport{ljunglof-2002-functional-10778, title = {Functional Programming and NLP}, abstract = {Most of today's NLP software is developed using either a logic programming language such as Prolog, or a low-level imperative language such as C or C++. In this paper I will try to argue why the paradigm of functional programming (as opposed to logic and imperative programming) matters for natural language processing.}, author = {Ljunglöf, Peter}, year = {2002}, publisher = {Chalmers University of Technology}, address = {Göteborg}, }