Why is functional programming gaining traction? Why now?

The biggest companies in the world are investing heavily in functional programming. From Facebook building React and Reason, to Apple pivoting to Swift, to Google developing MapReduce, functional programming is gaining traction. But why? I go over four hypotheses and evaluate them.

Show Notes

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What is The Eric Normand Podcast?

An off-the-cuff stream of Functional Programming ideas, skills, patterns, and news from Functional Programming expert Eric Normand of LispCast. Formerly known as Thoughts on Functional Programming.