[tzs]

This thread brings to mind an old quote:

  What is object oriented programming? My guess is
  that object oriented programming will be in
  the 1980s what structured programming was in
  the 1970s. Everyone will be in favor of it.
  Every manufacturer will promote his products
  as supporting it. Every manager will pay lip
  service to it. Every programmer will practice
  it (differently). And no one will know just
  what it is.

Tim Rentsch, "Object Oriented Programming", SIGPLAN Notes, v17, n9 (1982).

[tome]

I fear this is the destiny for functional programming in the 2020s.