It's risky to say "you should do X" or "you shouldn't use Y" when talking about using programming languages, because they don't look at the problem being solved. Using variables may be a very natural way to approach problem A, while they'd be very clunky for problem B.
I am asking because it is a common mistake when moving from an imperative language to a functional language. I know I made the mistake of trying to use many variables when I first started writing functional code. I was asking so that I could help out.
I never said "you shound do ..." or "you shouldn't use ...".
I have no problem with people using whatever style or approach that they want. If you want to write arc with gotos and a bunch of variables, go for it. I just wanted to help this arc coder out.
