It's sad that the author has felt the need to take this down after the HN induced whirlwind of comments. Some of the replies could have been a lot more construc

It's sad that the author has felt the need to take this down after the HN induced whirlwind of comments. Some of the replies could have been a lot more constructive / supportive. For someone starting out with FP (myself included) this sort of thing is really off putting. Things like "point-by-point" rebuttals are for debates and attacks which affect one personally, not for responding to someones opinions on a programming language / scheme.