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I hate to be this guy, but learning FP techniques that aren't available in my day to day language isn't terribly exciting. I want to see a short term benefit,

• xwowsersx 12y ago
  The issue is that if you're going to be doing FP, you'll want to use a language in which it's not just possible, but natural and happens without an uphill battle. Similarly, if you're just trying to learn the concepts, you're going to have a lot of noise distracting you if you use a language like JS, etc in which FP concepts are quite unnatural to express.
  • coldtea 12y ago
    >The issue is that if you're going to be doing FP, you'll want to use a language in which it's not just possible, but natural and happens without an uphill battle. Most FP paradigms are natural and quite easy in JS. And learning Haskell can also be described as an "uphill battle".
    • cheepin 12y ago
      I think he was referring to Java
  • jbergens 12y ago
    Or, you want to use it in your day-to-day job where it might exist thousands upon thousands of lines of code in a not-so-FP language. I think just learning the concepts is great start. If you could rewrite your whole app, please do so. If not, see if you can write some parts with more FP style code. Like using LINQ in C# instead of rewriting everything to F#, or with Java 8 start using streams and other concepts.