Re:What are potential disadvantages of functional programming?
by 0xbear on Thursday July 27, 2017 @08:16PM
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The main disadvantage is that the next guy/gal will have to rewrite it all in Java - the language he/she actually can read.
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Re:What are potential disadvantages of functional programming?
by blain_the_train on Friday July 28, 2017 @08:15AM
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And then the next person will re write it in python. It would faster and less costly to just learn the language...
Re:What are potential disadvantages of functional programming?
by 0xbear on Friday July 28, 2017 @12:12PM
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Rewriting a large codebase in Python (or any dynamically typed language) would be a mistake.
Re:What are potential disadvantages of functional programming?
by blain_the_train on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @04:35PM
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Thats true, if you wanted a large codebase you should stick with Java.
Only half joking.
I like to think the goal is to create a working system. I haven't seen sufficient evidence that Static Typed languages as a category are more likely to produce working systems then Dynamically Typed ones. Feel free to link anything you have on the subject. I would take the time to read meta studies on the subject though, many of which seem to conclude their isn't much evidence either way.
I do believe that "Discovered" languages are more capable then "Invented" ones. Phillip talks a bit about the difference here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V10hzjgoklA&t=2176s