> Functional programming is inscrutable by most. I really don't think this is the case. FP is difficult for most developers who have experience with the OO/imp

> Functional programming is inscrutable by most. I really don't think this is the case. FP is difficult for most developers who have experience with the OO/imperative paradigm - i.e., "most of us" - at first. It only takes about a week before the benefits become apparent. Don't get me wrong, I don't think it's the solution to every problem, but spending a couple of months writing Clojure was a major positive experience for me, and it's significantly improved my day-to-day code in Python, Ruby, and Javascript.