[hellofunk]

A dense functional language like Clojure or Haskell has about a 10x reduction in lines of code once you get rid of all the OO boilerplate and replace it with composable, higher-order functions. I used to write c++ for a living and when I switched to Clojure, my days are still full of the same level of development work, but the amount of code that I actually write is dramatically less. In a functional language, a lot more goes into the thought process of how to construct algorithms rather than in meeting the demands of the OO environment you work in. In some languages you have no choice but to make classes for even the tiniest of tasks, which is a limiting requirement to put in the hands of someone trying to creatively solve a problem from any angle without preconceived design patterns influencing the approach. FP instead lets you concentrate on other matters and usually use your brain for the fun stuff more often.