Why do you feel the need to mention functional programming in a thread about a clearly structured, systems programming language? What makes generics and functi

Why do you feel the need to mention functional programming in a thread about a clearly structured, systems programming language? What makes generics and functional programming style mandatory for any given language? These things just add complexity and philosophy to a field that values pragmatic thinking. Functional programming is not pragmatic. And neither are thusand ways to handle generics.