Probably because what we're taught as programming is imperative programming, then moving on to OO, etc. If we were taught FP from the start (we, broadly speakin

Probably because what we're taught as programming is imperative programming, then moving on to OO, etc. If we were taught FP from the start (we, broadly speaking), then people would probably be fans of FP. It's funny how SQL is a declarative set-language, very different from imperative and other paradigms, yet nobody seems to bat an eye about it having its proper place and role.