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I've been waiting for functional programming to have its day for more than 20 years. It just seems fundamentally at odds with how most people want to work. You
by hnick 2y ago
I've been waiting for functional programming to have its day for more than 20 years. It just seems fundamentally at odds with how most people want to work.
You can make individual functions pure in any language, but do many languages enforce this at a core level? Or we have to behave ourselves and hope nothing we call is changed by another programmer later?
- mrkeen 2y ago> I've been waiting for functional programming to have its day for more than 20 years. The tech is there. It sounds more like functional programming has been waiting for you for 20 years. > It just seems fundamentally at odds with how most people want to work. "Most people", or "you"? If you believe in something, stand up for it.
- hnick 2y agoI've used it. I've never had a job using it. Most people haven't.