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.

Hacker News 读者推荐理由: HN treats it as the standard answer to why FP isn't mainstream and why languages succeed.

12 recommenders2 strong recommendations2019–2025