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I thought functional programming[1] was associated with ivory tower CS researchers/enthusiasts? I guess it's been turned on its head for some reason. [1] At le
by throwaway999777 11y ago
I thought functional programming[1] was associated with ivory tower CS researchers/enthusiasts? I guess it's been turned on its head for some reason.
[1] At least the Haskell/ML kind.
- its_me_ken_lai 11y agoThe underlying concept will surface once you've had a chance to debug program states and that you realize you can't keep track of all program states. I had no idea about functional programming but soon realized that I was going for the same thing when trying my best to not keep instance variables in my objects.
- throwaway999777 11y agoYou misunderstand me. I wasn't trying to diss FP but rather the naysayers who try to associate people who like FP with certain groups.