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I had the opportunity to meet John Backus, the inventor of functional programming, when I worked at IBM. I definitely didn't "get it" the first time. Indeed, no
by dtagames 4y ago
I had the opportunity to meet John Backus, the inventor of functional programming, when I worked at IBM. I definitely didn't "get it" the first time. Indeed, not until many years later.
I wrote this article, Functional Programming in TS[0] which has a lot of good background info and explanations. At least I think so, lol! And it's been pretty popular. See what you think:
[0] https://medium.com/gitconnected/functional-programming-in-typescript-18ac096bb551 https://medium.com/gitconnected/functional-programming-in-ty...
- FpUser 4y agoEvery concept is good when applied in the right place for the right cause. But programmers often tend to idolize particular tech to the degree that anything else is anathema.