Yes, it's a game of chinese whispers, and the issue is usually people from another paradigm (OO) who aren't immersing themselves in FP enough to understand what

Yes, it's a game of chinese whispers, and the issue is usually people from another paradigm (OO) who aren't immersing themselves in FP enough to understand what it is and isn't. Then you have a few people who take bits and pieces and stick them in another language, and call it multi-paradigm. These communities normally have very few people who actually know enough about FP to teach it to the OOers. It's kind of a bubble problem. You need experienced FPers to teach the paradigm and dispel the rumors. All of this really boils down to what a paradigm is: it's not a set of features, it's a mindset and an approach to programming that a language facilitates.