As a percentage, it's probably smaller than the percentage of gifted programmers using lisp/haskell/erlang. However, it's a small percentage of a huge number.

As a percentage, it's probably smaller than the percentage of gifted programmers using lisp/haskell/erlang. However, it's a small percentage of a huge number. It wouldn't surprise me at all if there are more talented C/C++ hackers than FP hackers.