On: Total Functional Programming (2004) [pdf]

[foobarchu]

It's honestly wild to see this even being argued about in 2024. Ten years ago, I remember the discussions around FP being universally "yes of course it's better, but what's the best way to make it practical in the real world where you need side effects".

[pjmlp → foobarchu]

There are folks that think they can still reason about code being executed on 128 cores (AMD EPYC™ 9004).

[epgui → pjmlp]

I mean it's pretty trivial if you have referential transparency, which is what FP gives you.

[pjmlp → epgui]

Indeed, that is the point I am making.