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Re:Why Isn't Functional Programming the Norm? [video] by OskarS on Thursday October 17, 2019 @12:46PM (#21283864)
I don’t think you need to go that low level. I find it much easier to optimize around things like memory layout, allocation patterns and cache effects even in Java and C# compared to (essentially) any functional language.

I think this is just a feature of imperative languages over functional ones. Functional languages are excellent for many things, but not for this stuff.

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Re:Why Isn't Functional Programming the Norm? [video] by Bjartr on Thursday October 17, 2019 @05:49PM (#21286665)
Where should I look to learn about doing those things in Java? Last time I tried looking for guidance I mostly found people saying it's not worth the effort since the JVM JIT will do better.
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Re:Why Isn't Functional Programming the Norm? [video] by lonelappde on Friday October 18, 2019 @03:32PM (#21294411)
This thread is for people who are smarter than compilers. Java is not different from C in that regard.
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