Does functional programming work?

[Mike James]

Walter Bright Wrote:

> Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> > "Walter Bright" <newshound1 at digitalmars.com> wrote in message 
> > news:hhgvqk$8cj$2 at digitalmars.com...
> >> 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.
> 
> I agree, the old programming-language-as-religion problem. I first ran 
> into this when I read the original Pascal book, and became enamored with 
> it. I tried doing a modest project in Pascal using a pure Pascal compiler.
> 
> 80% went smoothly, the other 20% spent wrestling with the nanny language 
> tsk-tsking consumed nearly 100% of the time spend on the project. I just 
> couldn't get things that had to be done, done, as the language would 
> shut off all the avenues.
> 
> When I then picked up K+R C, I never wrote another line of Pascal. It so 
> soured me on Pascal that I never got on the later bandwagons of Modula 
> II, Delphi, TurboPascal, etc. Never even looked at them.

You missed out on Delphi - IMO  it gives C++ a good kicking ;->