I think this post doesn't recognize that you should match the problem you are solving to the paradigm you are using. Functional programming is extremely useful

I think this post doesn't recognize that you should match the problem you are solving to the paradigm you are using. Functional programming is extremely useful for many types of financial analysis, and other big data problems like pattern matching and data verification. Sure- you might not want to write a mvp for a lean webapp in Ocaml, but saying people don't use functional programming anymore is just not true.