Grandparent was such a good post otherwise!

I love strong types. I love for loops. I love stacks.

GP! Try Rust. Imperative programming isn’t orthogonal to types. You can go hard in Rust. (I loved experimenting with it but I like GC)

GP! Try data driven design. Imperative programming isn’t orthogonal to declarative.

Real talk, show me any declarative game engine that’s worth looking at. The best ones are all imperative and data driven design is popular. Clearly imperative code has something going for it.

and the advantages aren’t strictly speed of development, but imperative can be clearer. It just depends.