Re:Why Functional Programming Should Be the Future of Software
by the_af on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @12:52PM
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> I've had someone do that on this very website
On this website you will hear anyone say the wildest assertions. There's the whole human range of expression here. But what makes you think actual FP practitioners (and Haskelers) really believe this?
The proof wouldn't be what some random person here on HN tells you. The proof would be you getting involved in an actual FP community trying to write an actual FP project and being told that you just cannot do this unless you understand category theory. Which, as I said, is not something that happens... at least not in my (limited) experience.
Never confuse what people tell you here on HN, random forums or even throwaway StackOverflow comments with what actually happens in the actual communities when trying to achieve real goals and not just chat about stuff.
On this website you will hear anyone say the wildest assertions. There's the whole human range of expression here. But what makes you think actual FP practitioners (and Haskelers) really believe this?
The proof wouldn't be what some random person here on HN tells you. The proof would be you getting involved in an actual FP community trying to write an actual FP project and being told that you just cannot do this unless you understand category theory. Which, as I said, is not something that happens... at least not in my (limited) experience.
Never confuse what people tell you here on HN, random forums or even throwaway StackOverflow comments with what actually happens in the actual communities when trying to achieve real goals and not just chat about stuff.