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> ...dependent on LLVM written in C++. Still Rust became more popular... "Still", as if non-pure functional languages are not worth it or "bad", even if just d

> ...dependent on LLVM written in C++. Still Rust became more popular... "Still", as if non-pure functional languages are not worth it or "bad", even if just depending on a project that uses them. Sorry, but that gatekeeping attitude among functional languages proponents is very tiring.

eru 7y ago
OCaml is impure and pragmatic. They even have for and while loops.
uryga 7y ago
how on earth is this gatekeeping? GP said nothing like "imperative programming isn't true programming and deserves to be looked down upon" or w/e, they just expressed a personal preference for FP. ("I hope functional programming languages become popular and also used for systems programming.")