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by stcredzero 5829 days ago
Learning functional programming for a programmer is like learning programming for a non-programmer. Someone who is a logistics expert is valuable. A logistics expert who knows how to program is even more so.

OO programmers who understand functional programming have a big advantage over OO programmers who don't. Learning FP gives one the mental tools to do better encapsulation.