Unfortunately the only way to gain a deep understanding of the powerful tools functional languages do give you is to gain a deep understanding of functional par

Unfortunately the only way to gain a deep understanding of the powerful tools functional languages do give you is to gain a deep understanding of functional paradigms. If I didn't know what 'functional' was in this context, I'd be entirely convinced you were tying to convert me to your religion with that statement. This attitude from the functional-programming community is the main reason I have avoided learning more. I was asking a legitimate question and instead of providing something useful you decided to assume I don't know anything about the pre-requisite topic and spout verbose dogma at me that does nothing but attempt, and fail, to make you appear intelligent.