It might be true that functional programming is difficult to learn for programmers not well versed in mathematics. My response to that is: Toughen up, princess.

It might be true that functional programming is difficult to learn for programmers not well versed in mathematics. My response to that is: Toughen up, princess. It's not that bad. To make an OO comparison: You didn't have to invent MVC (or any other design pattern) in order to use it. I don't have to know how to invent a monad to model the next 20 effects just to use the state monad today. FP gets its design patterns from many brilliant mathematicians and logicians. The pipeline to the math/logic world is wide open in FP. And you can just have a sip if you want.