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Oddly enough, I got the opposite impression: FP is about making complicated things simple.

There's some sort of epiphany that naturally occurs after fiddling with FP for a certain amount of time. After it winds down, your perception of how to solve problems changes drastically.

If only because of the increased awareness is worth the trouble to play with it a bit. I sincerely encourage you to do so.

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Frankly, it's just a different way to think about structuring a code base.

Some people think better functionally, some people think better procedurally, but, in the end, it's all just a list of instructions, executed in order by a machine.

I'll never understand the need to poopoo all over someone else's way of thinking (not you, the guy you're replying to).

That's like saying monarchy and democracy are just different ways of structuring a society. Some people think better monarchically, some people think better democratically. Why poopoo all over someone else's way of thinking?

Isn't that what respecting a country's sovereignty is? Are societies not organized differently?

Honestly, I wouldn't respond to anyone who compares political systems with software development paradigms. Realistically, it's just really hard to compare the two directly, and anyone who says otherwise is trying to sell you something.

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