Some quotes of Knuth on functional programming: "Out of the ~250 programs I wrote last year, 2-3 would have benefited from being written in a functional style.

Some quotes of Knuth on functional programming: "Out of the ~250 programs I wrote last year, 2-3 would have benefited from being written in a functional style." "With 1 or even 2 hands tied behind your back it’s hard to do anything dangerous." I remember looking this up once and couldn't find much. I guess he figures everything that can be written in functional style can be written in imperative style so why bother.