This is pretty dated (2008). I am not a hard core functionalist. I get to work with the crap show of “multi-paradigm” languages, enjoying the the occasional lis

This is pretty dated (2008). I am not a hard core functionalist. I get to work with the crap show of “multi-paradigm” languages, enjoying the the occasional list comprehension. I’ve never experienced a monad. I am curious how much of some of the side comments made in the paper are still relevant? The quips about slowness, etc. Are these things that have dramatically shifted in 14 years, or only incrementally improved?