Why Isn't Functional Programming the Norm? – Richard Feldman
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Richard Feldman argues that functional programming is not the norm largely because of historical accidents, such as C++ popularity, platform exclusivity, marketing spend and network effects, rather than merit. He traces the history of how languages become mainstream.
Why HN recommends it: HN treats it as the standard answer to why FP isn't mainstream and why languages succeed.
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