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> Are there actual facts to back up claims to productivity boosts or failures with a given paradigm across large numbers of programmers and organizations? NO.
by tanilama 9y ago
> Are there actual facts to back up claims to productivity boosts or failures with a given paradigm across large numbers of programmers and organizations?
NO. Functional people claim that, but never had a proof, since there aren't that many people using it to build large systems. Thus this myth lives on. :)
- willtim 9y agoWell in this instance Functional programming languages allow one to easily embrace the relational paradigm and avoid all the complexity from an ORM. Note that it has never been "proved" that OOP is more productive than anything else either.
- tanilama 9y agoWhich is exactly the point. There is no proof of superiority, it is just a choice flavor
- willtim 9y agoActually most of us do not have a choice, OOP languages, tools and frameworks are usually forced upon us. At least OOP languages are finally adopting functional features, but if one really wants to favour immutability and composition (modern OOP advice), one needs a functional-first language.
- di4na 9y agoErlang in the meantime, functionnal and actor model, does have proofs.