> there are very few patterns in functional programming that cannot be replicated in mainstream languages Well, off the top of my head, the only language that

> there are very few patterns in functional programming that cannot be replicated in mainstream languages Well, off the top of my head, the only language that can do something like Phoenix Framework's "LiveView" is... Elixir (and by association, Erlang/OTP underneath), and... that's it, to my knowledge, because of these reasons: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35026508 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35026508