Declarative languages are ones like Prolog. You're talking about functional programming (Lisp, Haskell, Erlang, OCaml, etc.) which is a wholly different (and easier to understand) beast.
After learning c++, I would recommend learning c#. I t has many of the nice features of Java, like complete OO, strong typing, automatic polymorphism, etc,, and many of the powerful features of c++ like operator overloading and the use of pointers in unsafe code blocks (only used when speed is very important).
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Why would they run Office in a Windows VM when it's native for the Mac?
Declarative languages are ones like Prolog. You're talking about functional programming (Lisp, Haskell, Erlang, OCaml, etc.) which is a wholly different (and easier to understand) beast.
After learning c++, I would recommend learning c#. I t has many of the nice features of Java, like complete OO, strong typing, automatic polymorphism, etc,, and many of the powerful features of c++ like operator overloading and the use of pointers in unsafe code blocks (only used when speed is very important).
I found the QuickTime version of the commercial at http://www.defunctgames.com/media047.htm . I forgot just how awesome it was.