Functional Programming (Changelog Interviews #267)

Eric Normand joined the show to talk about Functional Programming. We talked about FP vs OOP vs Imperative, why FP is popular again, the advantages and disadvantages of Functional Programming, and teaching Functional Programming concepts.

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Featuring:

• Eric Normand – GitHub, X
• Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Jerod Santo – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

• Learn Functional Programming on your schedule
• Can I do FP in my language? (dev.to)
• Functional programming (Wikipedia)
• Lambda Calculus (Wikipedia)
• Maxima and Minima (Wikipedia)

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!