TypeFunction example: ImplictConvTargets

[claptrap]

On Wednesday, 7 October 2020 at 11:55:00 UTC, Paolo Invernizzi 
wrote:
> On Wednesday, 7 October 2020 at 11:19:24 UTC, claptrap wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 7 October 2020 at 09:04:59 UTC, Ola Fosheim 
>> Grøstad wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, 7 October 2020 at 08:49:21 UTC, Patrick 
>>> Schluter wrote:
>>>> On Wednesday, 7 October 2020 at 02:33:21 UTC, Andrei 
>>>> Alexandrescu wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Right again. Funtional programming is only pleasant in a 
>>> dedicated FP language, and even then you need to memorize a 
>>> large set of library constructs to be productive.
>>
>> How many pure funtional languages are in the tiobe top 10? 
>> None or maybe 1 im not sure. Theres a reason for that i reckon.
>
> We are using a pure functional language for web frontend 
> development, and it's a joy ...

Maybe they're great in specific circumstances? I dont know what 
the reason is but if FP was so intuitive then you'd expect it'd 
be the norm, or at least on a par, or even in the same ballpark 
as imperative?