I also didn't know how to apply the concepts at the time, it seemed more academic than practical, but I had a different level of enjoyment. Having been a scrip

I also didn't know how to apply the concepts at the time, it seemed more academic than practical, but I had a different level of enjoyment. Having been a script kiddie teenager, just hacking together stuff that worked, functional programming seemed like some beautiful alien artifact. I didn't really understand it, but it seemed elegant and enigmatic, which made me want to learn more.