Functional programing is getting the presses in mainstream. I ran across this dialogue where a imperative coder was trying to get into functional programing:
A: What are the design patterns that help structure functional systems? B: Design patterns? Hey everyone, look at the muggle try to get the wand to work! from: 〈Code Watch: Functional programming's smugness problem〉 (2012-04-16) By By Larry O'brien. @ http://www.sdtimes.com/content/article.aspx?ArticleID=36534 hi, my dearly beloved C++ java perl python hackers, design pattern your mom! further readings: 〈Why Software Suck〉 http://xahlee.org/UnixResource_dir/writ/why_software_suck.html 〈What is a Tech Geeker?〉 http://xahlee.org/UnixResource_dir/writ/tech_geeker.html 〈Book Review: Patterns of Software〉 http://xahlee.org/PageTwo_dir/Personal_dir/bookReviewRichardGabriel.html 〈Are You Intelligent Enough to Understand HTML5?〉 http://xahlee.org/UnixResource_dir/writ/html5_vs_intelligence.html Xah -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list