I think noisy fan was meant to imply that people who are in favour of functional programming languages tend to be more vocal in their views, rather than those w

I think noisy fan was meant to imply that people who are in favour of functional programming languages tend to be more vocal in their views, rather than those who are in favour of imperative programming languages. This is probably because imperative languages are the majority, so there's no need to soapbox, rather than anything related to the communities or the merits involved.