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> Most people are more comfortable with imperative languages

Unscientific poll with possibly a biased sample: more people find functional easier to work with. But telling, the difference is more pronounced among bootcampers and informally educated programmers than formally educated programmers https://twitter.com/DNAutics/status/1459348334007787526.

Not to mention that Elixir is basically "mostly functional but you don't have to faff around with monads or anything to do imperative".



Lol I like how you substantiated your argument with that Tweet. Looks like serious research.


whether or not it's serious it does call into question the parent assertion:

"Most people are more comfortable with imperative languages"




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