"When Backus studied and publicized his function-level style of programming, his message was mostly misunderstood, as supporting the traditional functional prog

"When Backus studied and publicized his function-level style of programming, his message was mostly misunderstood, as supporting the traditional functional programming style languages instead of his own FP and its successor FL." You may have fallen into this trap as described on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function-level_programming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function-level_programming.