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Yet none of this is backed up by evidence that the benefits of functional programming lead to better software. Amen. I've been hearing exactly these kinds of g
by cageface 12y ago
Yet none of this is backed up by evidence that the benefits of functional programming lead to better software.
Amen. I've been hearing exactly these kinds of grandiose claims from FP advocates going back as far as 1998. The funny thing is, the same people almost never seem to getting around to actually writing any code of any substance. As far as I'm concerned there are some good ideas coming from the FP community but the more extreme implementations of FP like Haskell have yet to prove their worth in production environments.
- codygman 12y ago> FP like Haskell have yet to prove their worth in production environments Huh? What is your definition of proving worth in a production environment? Did you hear recently about bond? It's written in haskell by Microsoft and used in Xbox Live as well as other infrastructure. There's also facebooks Haxl... Remember Bump file/etc transfers in Samsung Galaxy commercials? That was written in haskell too.