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> Functional programming is less popular because no major successful platform has adopted a functional language as the preferred language. WhatsApp backend is
by malkosta 5y ago
> Functional programming is less popular because no major successful platform has adopted a functional language as the preferred language.
WhatsApp backend is written in Erlang. A large part of the world's telecom infra is written in Erlang (2G, 3G, 4G, 5G). It powers the highest availability systems in the world. Still nobody cares about it....