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> Reasons for not learning functional programming It's a fad, a hype* - already beyond the "Peak of Inflated Expectations", quickly moving towards the "Trough
by ExpiredLink 14y ago
> Reasons for not learning functional programming
It's a fad, a hype* - already beyond the "Peak of Inflated Expectations", quickly moving towards the "Trough of Disillusionment".
*) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hype_cycle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hype_cycle
- jerf 14y agoA case can be made that that happened in the 80s (Lisp & AI Winter being the headline acts), and what we're actually seeing today is the climb up the (ahem, Gartner's term, not mine) "Slope of Enlightenment".