In short: FP makes programs easier to reason about and understand by using trustworthy abstractions. Here are some resources to check out, which explain better

In short: FP makes programs easier to reason about and understand by using trustworthy abstractions. Here are some resources to check out, which explain better than I could: Why Functional Programming Matters: http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/courses/cs345/whyfp.pdf http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/courses/cs345/whyfp.pdf Out of the Tar Pit: http://web.mac.com/ben_moseley/frp/paper-v1_01.pdf http://web.mac.com/ben_moseley/frp/paper-v1_01.pdf Simple Made Easy: http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Simple-Made-Easy http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Simple-Made-Easy