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I went to a talk on Functional Programming (related to CQRS) and it just seems like such a natural match. This got me wondering - why isn't functional programming far more widely used than it is?
(Thoughts I had - lack of visualisation tooling, and steep learning curve for juniors...?)
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Because"the long established other paradigms do the job, so why change" ?
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Yeah - that was what held back object-oriented programming...until it didn't.
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With the difference maybe that the multi-paradigm languages actually do a pretty good job.
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Object oriented languages (including C#) are truly awful in multithreaded / parallel situations, but we have got so used to working around this that we don't see it.
I remember a similar thing with pre-OO code where we just couldn't imagine why you'd put the data and the code together.
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Duncan Edwards Jones wrote: are truly awful in multithreaded / parallel situations
Which means that functional programming not ? Then I have to have a closer look at it 
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In my not humble, but bloody good, opinion if the language needs to 'do multithreading' then you're doing it wrong. Write good code that does what it is supposed to do, then the process can be placed in a multithreaded do-hickey quantum runbot and your good to go.
The amount of times I've had the same old argument, if you need to know how to set up queues and threads to handle them in the every day environment then you're application framework is FUBAR.
veni bibi saltavi
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Duncan Edwards Jones wrote: Object oriented languages (including C#) are truly awful in multithreaded / parallel situations, but we have got so used to working around this that we don't see it.
Actors is the latest fashion. I assume you've looked at the recently-released Akka.NET and MS Project Orleans? The former seems more approachable IMO, though I've only done "Hello World."
Of course, Actors are "new" but not new since they were invented over 40 years ago!  But it will appear new to most devs. Often the way with "new" tech.
Kevin
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Dysfunctional programmers?
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Duncan Edwards Jones wrote: steep learning curve for juniors...?
And for not so juniors! It's like the shift from procedural to OO initially. Plus most of the line of business applications I do seem to have no need for it.
I have dabbled a bit in F# though. I like to keep aware of what else is out there - for the day I may need it.
Kevin
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This answer by a former C# compiler developer (Eric Lippert) on SO is pretty good.
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It took OOP a while to catch on, this is no different.
Jeremy Falcon
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It was really a nice all the experience, the rain was unable to win against all the warm people there. A big thank you to all Welsh supporters
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If I'd known you were here, I'd have tried to come and cheer you on! 
Did you do well?
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68th out of 820?
That's good going - I'd be in 821st place, behind a dog that didn't even enter! 
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Do you live in Pembrokeshire? If I'd know that, I'd have knocked you door.
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Bottom end of Powys - but I'd have cheered for you!
They didn't even mention the marathon on the Welsh news: probably knocked off by the budget we had this week.
But well done - that's impressive running!
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Are you in the Park (I looked up Powys now)? I stayed in Crickhowell for three nights.
By the way, thank you very much.
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We're just south of the Brecon Beacons National Park - about 50 miles from Crickhowell, outside Ystradgynlais.
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Congratulations, Carlo! Another awesome finish time!
Software Zen: delete this;
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Why thank you, Sir. 
Not my best time, but it was quite hard. I am very happy.
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Well done, Carlo! Nice. 
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Thank you.
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Organized police action is least common (6)
cheers,
Super
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