The stealthy rise of functional programming

John Leonard
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Haskell isn't about to take over the world, but functional programming is slowly making its presence felt

Programmers can be a tribal bunch. Systems programmers see themselves as a breed apart from UI experts, agile developers sit at a different table from waterfall practitioners and everyone keeps the...

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