I like the article's emphasis that it is the lack of shared state that is more important than the fact that the language is functional. Also it is the "mystical

I like the article's emphasis that it is the lack of shared state that is more important than the fact that the language is functional. Also it is the "mystical view" of objects that contains all the value. Unfortunately its also the baby that some people fail to see when they want to throw out the object bathwater.