Functional programming

13:56:02 < quicksilver> the correct jump to be making is procedural -> FP
13:56:19 < quicksilver> OOP should only be learnt after 5 years of FP study.
13:56:26 < quicksilver> then it can be discussed as a breif curiosity
13:56:43 < quicksilver> "some other people tried this other paradigm, which is extremely bad for the following 99 reasons"
13:57:01 < quicksilver> "if you find someone using OOP, you should laugh at them and not hire them"

Discuss.

There are a lot of things you just can't do elegantly when using purely functional programming. It's not the panacea it's made out to be.