i see, thanks for the reply one reason i asked is because while i don't really come from an FP background (as a student, i started with c/obj-c), after working

i see, thanks for the reply one reason i asked is because while i don't really come from an FP background (as a student, i started with c/obj-c), after working in the field it was always appaling at how many variables and global state people would put in their code and how many side-effects were present... its just something that seemed so obvious even in "oop-land" but maybe im just an outlier...