My hypothesis is that FP is for programming artisans in the sense of Keirsey's temperaments [1]. FP programmers are obsessed with how they do things rather than

My hypothesis is that FP is for programming artisans in the sense of Keirsey's temperaments [1]. FP programmers are obsessed with how they do things rather than to what end. It's not limited to FP; you're seeing this when a new programming language X comes around, and folks implement <already existing program> in X, which does exactly the same as the original program. Following that pattern, FPers are bound to never implement something original, and their work to never reach first-mover advantage. It also doesn't help that FP devs have a certain let's call it social-pedagogical ambition to show the world how superior they are. It shows whenever a discussion about markup languages comes up, and FPers brag about sexpr being superior, totally missing the point that markup is for representing text rather than homoiconic data/programs. [1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keirsey_Temperament_Sorter https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keirsey_Temperament_Sorter