I agree. Also in a practical sense, functional paradigms are sometimes or often implemented with a single global mutable variable as a sort of database. This pa

I agree. Also in a practical sense, functional paradigms are sometimes or often implemented with a single global mutable variable as a sort of database. This pattern is quite typical for both Clojure programs and JavaScript frontend programs. It is really more about controlling state and avoiding it where deemed unnecessary, rather than adherence to a total philosophy. This is done for practical reasons (avoiding pain mostly), not for ideological ones.