>Imperative code is much more intuitive in the small. In a single threaded, deterministic environment yes. But when you're talking multithreaded, I'd disagree

>Imperative code is much more intuitive in the small. In a single threaded, deterministic environment yes. But when you're talking multithreaded, I'd disagree. if (user != null) user.company = getCompanyByName("google") being a NPE waiting to happen (in a multithreaded environment) is certainly non-intuitive.