the whole driving force of Clojure and Scala, the thing they were designed for[1], is large, enterprise-class codebases, because functional programming makes it

the whole driving force of Clojure and Scala, the thing they were designed for[1], is large, enterprise-class codebases, because functional programming makes it easier to reason about program behavior at scale. [1] http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Simple-Made-Easy http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Simple-Made-Easy (required watching for someone interested in having an opinion on this subject) you're still saying an awful lot of unsubstantiated opinions. its not about politics, its just about being objectively wrong. frankly, I and it seems also others, just think you're less informed than you think you are. sorry about the super blunt tone, not sure how else to say this. edit: it's good that you're commenting though, these discussions are healthy.