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Developers don't find functional languages helpful? Do you somehow believe that only Java programmers are called developers or what am I missing here?
by dunefox 6y ago
Developers don't find functional languages helpful? Do you somehow believe that only Java programmers are called developers or what am I missing here?
- _bxg1 6y agoMaybe they meant "the particular developers that [they] make tools for"
- dunefox 6y agoDoesn't seem like it.
- throwaway894345 6y ago> what am I missing here? Java isn't the only non-functional language and by virtually every measure, functional languages rank lower than other language paradigms on just about every index (e.g., TIOBE doesn't have a single functional language in their top 20). If I had to guess, people find the spartan syntax hard to read and gratuitously unfamiliar, especially considering there are many highly-ranked languages which borrow functional concepts but retain the more structured (and probably more human-readable) syntax.
- smabie 6y agoI mean, Scala is functional, pretty popular, and has a familiar syntax. Also ReasonML, if that counts.
- dunefox 6y ago> functional languages rank lower than other language paradigms on just about every index Because what is popular isn't what is best. > but retain the more structured (and probably more human-readable) syntax There is nothing more structured or readable about C-like syntax.
- throwaway894345 6y agoMy target audience is developers generally, not functional programmers specifically, and developers disagree with your assessment. Sorry.