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Re:What are potential disadvantages of functional programming? by fooker on Thursday July 27, 2017 @08:15PM (#14870943)
Difficult to write a good compiler.

Optimizing the code generated by the frontend for a function language is a nightmare.

There are several theoretical reasons why that is the case, so do not expect significant breakthroughs for general purpose functional programming.

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Re:What are potential disadvantages of functional programming? by johncolanduoni on Thursday July 27, 2017 @08:37PM (#14871018)
Care to go into any detail?
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