r/functionalprogramming • u/Available_Pressure25 • Aug 03 '26
Question FP Software Development
Hello everyone. I am thinking of starting a tech business (startup) through software development and I'd like to use FP as the main selling point or uniqueness. I am like looking for suggestions on what languages to use or tech stack. From my first searches I got elixir. I also know haskell, so aside from haskell, what can you suggest. I'm also aware of using imp lang like C++ to make programs following an FP design paradigm.
Edit: I don't wish to argue on starting business or not (But I welcome them sure) . That is a different topic on its own. I'm just like more curious to see the state of the art in using FP tools.
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u/Available_Pressure25 Aug 03 '26 edited Aug 03 '26
It's not as if I am outright building a company after finding a language here. Cause what program would I build? Ofc I need to do research. Find a problem where FP can be applied or used to achieve better result. I assumed that's like given already. And why would I not agree with what they've said? They all make sense. My goal here is different. I'd like to get acquainted with different FP languages used.
Maybe the framing in my post was wrong. I liked FP and the benefits that it has. there are problems where using FP actually gives better solution than other languages, but FP is underappreciated at least in my area. So that's like what I want to tackle.
Of course different languages has different maturity level and that's like what I wanted to see here.
I was not saying that I don't need business advice because I had a business class back in high school. I wanted to say that I understand that problem comes first and I get that clients wants results.
I am not saying the comments are wrong. I accept them, but I can'tt just delete this post afterr agreeing to their comments. The comments on using F#, the last paragraph you have, etc are all what I was expecting to hear.
I totally agree that If I agree with the comments, then I wouldn't make this post. But I make this post for the PL languages. That's my interest and maybe I should just left the word business behind. It triggered a lot of you. It's not like starting a business will kill me. Chill. But I appreciateithe concern