imperative programming is like sitting in one chair; pure functional programming like sitting in the neighbouring chair; and Meijer's thesis in TFA is that "mos

imperative programming is like sitting in one chair; pure functional programming like sitting in the neighbouring chair; and Meijer's thesis in TFA is that "mostly functional" programming will turn out to be like attempting to sit in the space between them. for the title, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_excluded_middle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_excluded_middle (given his involvement with C#, I am willing to consider the notion that his views may well reflect having had unpleasant experiences. If Rust moves beyond the "innovator" segment, it would be a counterexample.) Edit: NB (2014) ; he may well have revisited this topic more recently?