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Why Isn't Functional Programming the Norm? – Richard Feldman
Metosin · 12 recommenders · 12 months
Richard Feldman argues that functional programming is not the norm largely because of historical accidents, such as C++ popularity, platform exclusivity, marketing spend and network effects, rather than merit. He traces the history of how languages become mainstream.
Why Hacker News readers recommend it: HN treats it as the standard answer to why FP isn't mainstream and why languages succeed.
Functional programmingProgramming language design#functional programming#oop#language adoption#network effects#elm
“This talk by Richard Feldman is an excellent discussion about why Functional Programming is not the norm”
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