Does functional programming work?

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Walter Bright" <newshound1 at digitalmars.com> wrote in message 
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> An interesting counterpoint to the usual FP hype:
>
> http://prog21.dadgum.com/55.html

Didn't read the original article, but the one being linked to is completely 
in line with how I feel about not just FP, but all programming paradigms, 
for example, OO: It's great as long as you don't pull a Java or (worse yet) 
a Smalltalk and try to cram *everything* into the paradigm.