In FP, State is transformed into something more formalized, namely parameters passed to other functions. So no one in FP is punting on State, we simply don't ne

In FP, State is transformed into something more formalized, namely parameters passed to other functions. So no one in FP is punting on State, we simply don't need it to accomplish those same goals. It's different from saying "it's somebody else's problem", though it might sound like that because State is one problem FP does not have (so in that sense it is solely a turing-machine-programmers' problem).