I'm writing this on a system with an FP package manager and anyone programming in any popular language these days will be exposed to a heavy dose of FP construc

I'm writing this on a system with an FP package manager and anyone programming in any popular language these days will be exposed to a heavy dose of FP constructs and concepts, and as far as Knuth is concerned McIllroy famously burried his grand imperative efforts with a one line functional program 36 years ago. Having said that, your unkind remarks about academic programing language researchers do not strike me as unfounded in all cases.