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Seems like you have bad experiences with functional programming, but it's a little strange to rat on the advocates that are trying to figure out how to take pot
by lewisf 8y ago
Seems like you have bad experiences with functional programming, but it's a little strange to rat on the advocates that are trying to figure out how to take potentially useful functional programming concepts and make them mainstream and/or explore alternative ways to quickly build robust systems.
Good examples of this translating to huge gains for the overall community are React + Redux.
I'm quick to admit that functional language ecosystems are not as mature, which might lead to lesser organizational productivity but no need to rat on functional programming in general.
- FPGAhacker 8y agoA lot of things seem to get lumped into “functional” programming. The lexicon changes so I may just be behind the times, but ensuring every condition of branch logic is covered is not an aspect of functional programming as I understand it. And I may be wrong.
- tybit 8y agoWithout getting into what is and isn’t functional programming, exhaustive pattern matching is a very useful feature present in some functional languages.