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chris_wot · 2013-02-02 23:32:11+00:00

I'll be honest - I'm not terribly familiar with functional programming languages.

Fando | karma 55 | avg karma 0.43 · | 2014-07-26 07:20:09+00:00

The only thing I know about functional programming is that I know nothing about it.

bcater | karma 154 | avg karma 1.93 · | 2008-02-24 18:18:38

But I LIKE functional programming.

mbrodersen | karma 2349 | avg karma 1.02 · | 2021-06-29 02:30:49+00:00

It sounds to me as if you don’t have much real world experience developing software in a functional language. Am I right?

amelius | karma 42902 | avg karma 1.63 · | 2022-08-31 08:10:56

... for functional programming languages, I suppose.

Cthulhu_ | karma 26640 | avg karma 2.23 · | 2023-08-18 03:29:31

And you know how to find out what you don't know

...that said, functional programming and the university level words associated with it intimidate me and quickly go over my head. Mainly because I haven't got a practical application for it, and they're more abstract concepts. A railway switch? Sure, I can understand that. A monad? What? Why are you making up words?

(tongue in cheek, I've had a stint of Scala so I can sort of apply some of these things in practice. I just don't have the vocabulary, educational background, or practical applications)

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eru | karma 30335 | avg karma 1.29 · | 2015-01-23 05:29:15+00:00

You might like functional languages.

jrockway | karma 72069 | avg karma 3.74 · | 2009-11-30 01:11:26+00:00

Functional programming.

williamvds | karma 324 | avg karma 4.32 · | 2023-01-12 07:37:04

Perhaps Functional Programming Language

nbevans | karma 553 | avg karma 0.91 · | 2014-02-26 19:21:21+00:00

Sounds like you've not tried a functional language yet in your life :p

samrat | karma 1324 | avg karma 8.07 · | 2012-06-17 16:54:35+00:00

I'm so sorry- that was supposed to be "first functional programming language". (I'm already doing some programming in Python)

omgmajk | karma 768 | avg karma 1.84 · | 2023-01-16 14:38:40

I've tried to dabble in functional programming but I guess I'm not mathematical enough to "get it". I can see how it works, I did some toy projects in Haskell and Elixir but it just didn't really pull me in. For the record I code mostly in C for embedded and bare metal or just pure automation for other stuff.

pyuser583 | karma 4441 | avg karma 1.63 · | 2020-03-16 02:47:07+00:00

Functional programming?

b0mb | karma 1 | avg karma 1.0 · | 2016-07-27 04:31:08+00:00

Functional programming?

stavros | karma 66636 | avg karma 10.05 · | 2023-05-15 04:55:36

Functional programming?

nemoniac | karma 3463 | avg karma 5.21 · | 2017-09-02 20:56:32

So, functional programming then?

kzisme | karma 461 | avg karma 0.93 · | 2017-07-28 16:50:06+00:00

Gotcha - thanks! I haven't touched functional languages other than for fun lately, so I may take a look sooner or later. I've always been interested.

MWinther | karma 297 | avg karma 2.11 · | 2010-05-09 20:42:05

I don't know any functional programming languages, and for me having the answers next to the question made it interesting. I am still curious to try functional programming, but I've always leaned towards elisp instead, since I have an obvious application for that.

AStellersSeaCow | karma 512 | avg karma 10.24 · | 2016-08-17 16:21:51

Sorry, I only using functional programming for nefarious reason.

dhagz | karma 463 | avg karma 1.77 · | 2019-10-18 18:16:40+00:00

Welcome to functional programming.