What does /tech/ think of functional programming? OOP has its merits, but in my experience with Java and C#, it very often devolves into unnecessary abstractions, boilerplate, and design pattern autism. FP feels more direct since you’re focused on expressi

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Opinions on functional programming? Chud 11/03/26 (Tue) 15:54:17 №44138 [Quote]

What does /tech/ think of functional programming? OOP has its merits, but in my experience with Java and C#, it very often devolves into unnecessary abstractions, boilerplate, and design pattern autism. FP feels more direct since you’re focused on expressing the actual computation rather than wasting a gorillion hours designing class hierarchies and dealing with architectural bullshit. I also like how naturally it connects math with programming, like through recursion for example. The declarative approach just makes more sense to me. Even if you never use a functional language professionally, I think FP teaches you a lot about programming fundamentals and how to reason about code.

Chud 11/03/26 (Tue) 15:57:15 №44139 [Quote]

Oh and also imo if you primarily write OOP, you should still learn FP and spend some time actually coding in a functional language. I genuinely think it makes you a better OOP programmer by teaching you to manage state, reduce unnecessary abstractions, and write cleaner, more composable code.