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		tsimionescu on Nov 2, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Functional programming should be the future of sof... Something like "oh, you're using map() and filter() in your C++ program? you're not doing actually doing FP unless [...]". See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33438320 for an example of this exact attitude.

tankorsmash on Nov 3, 2022 [–]

Is that gatekeeping? It reads to me like they're saying it's not enough to just use a few functions to it FP. Their point seems to be that it's more than just using some functions, which seems reasonable.

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