9 ms·

This article was already submitted a few days ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=384637 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=384637

• flashgordon 18y ago
  Thank you. even if it hadnt been submitted, the article it self was very thin and hardly anything new (especially for the YC crowd).
  • eb 18y ago
    Absolutely. Slava Pestov on the matter: "I'm usually a strong proponent of the rule of law, innocent until proven guilty, and so on, but I strongly believe that anybody who writes an article about functional programming where the only example given is 'factorial' (or 'fibonacci' for that matter) should be summarily executed, no exceptions." http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/7h7e5/its_time_to_get_good_at_functional_programming/c06ni7t http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/7h7e5/its_time_...
    • flashgordon 18y ago
      i know.. at the very least i was hoping to see lots of stats on things like adoptions by companies or heavy usage in critical projects with high visibility... all i got was factorial!!