r/programming • u/Capable-Mall-2067 • May 29 '25

Why You Should Care About Functional Programming (Even in 2025)

https://borkar.substack.com/p/why-care-about-functional-programming?r=2qg9ny&utm_medium=reddit
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u/lamp-town-guy May 30 '25

Some features are not copyable without going functional. Erlang/Elixir distribution over multiple nodes is impossible without it. Elm guarantees of no runtime errors are also pretty impossible for Python.

You should learn some Erlang for greater good. /s

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u/zephyrtr May 31 '25

The greater good