Comment by j-pb

Java has a series of control mechanisms that originate from idiomatic assembly. for, while, if, variables.

In clojure for example you rarely use these low level constructs.

What is simpler to read? Which one is more high-/low-level

  List<Integer> even = new List()
  for(int i = 0; i < 100; i++){
    if((i%2)==0){
      even.add(i);
    }
  }
  return even;

or

  (filter even? (range 0 100))