In JS functions are objects, yeah, most frontend functional languages still require some amount of FFI so we haven’t totally lost touch with reality. One could

In JS functions are objects, yeah, most frontend functional languages still require some amount of FFI so we haven’t totally lost touch with reality. One could make the argument that JS was one of the first truly mainstream languages with significant FP features, first-class functions, lambdas, and closures, so why the hell are there people out there modeling everything in objects? JS is a multi-paradigm language, my feeling is as long as you're meeting the needs of the business and users, the paradigm you use should really be up to the engineers. I’m sure there are people who do functional programming who fit your description and I'm sure I would also find them quite annoying, but as far as the community goes, I believe them to be on the fringes. I don't see them at FP conferences, meet-ups, or in chatrooms. Many of us are motivated by the same reasons you stated, we want code and test suites that we find straightforward and easy to maintain. I'm not sure how fashionable these languages really are, even talking to experienced engineers, when I say I prefer to work in Haskell, often they've never heard of it and think I've said "Pascal".