Does functional programming work?

[retard]

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:46:58 -0800, Walter Bright wrote:

> An interesting counterpoint to the usual FP hype:
> 
> http://prog21.dadgum.com/55.html

The related reddit comments seem to have more value than the article 
(again, the author didn't really get his monads right):

http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/aje5b/
functional_programming_doesnt_work_and_what_to_do/