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>Given that not even basic functional programming has become popular yet. It's already popular. All the mainstream programming languages already support it.

• seanwilson 12y ago
  Which languages would you say this was true for? I wouldn't say that was the case until there is wide support for algebraic data types, type inference, pattern matching and immutable data. I see more languages allowing functions as parameters, basic type inference and encouraging immutable data, but they're still missing out on a lot of benefits offered by functional languages like Haskell and OCaml by ignoring these features. I do see functional programming features making their way in to imperative languages but most people are still coding in an imperative way. Mutable data is still the default rather than immutable data for example.
  • watmough 12y ago
    Linq in C#.