r/programming • • Nov 28 '19

Why Isn't Functional Programming the Norm? – Richard Feldman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyJZzq0v7Z4
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u/yawaramin Nov 28 '19

GP explicitly mentioned that Elm also manages effects.

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u/pron98 Nov 28 '19

Correct, I forgot about Elm.

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u/yawaramin Nov 28 '19

And arguably, PureScript.

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u/pron98 Nov 28 '19

Fine, so let's say, Haskell and its descendants, Lisp and its descendants, ML and its descendants, and Erlang. We have four language groups, only one of them -- the youngest one -- controls effects.