How is functional style rooted in the "purpose" of the software and the "nature of the thinking" that programmers do? Well I would say that for now the nature

How is functional style rooted in the "purpose" of the software and the "nature of the thinking" that programmers do? Well I would say that for now the nature of thought is still unknowable. The process of thinking is something a programmer acquires by rote training. I don't believe that there is a "style" of programming that is universally applicable or models the very nature of thought itself. Such is the stuff programmers dream of. Even language is an abstraction we put on reality. Mathematics is just another language and one many feel represents reality more succintly and accurately.