[vishakh82]

Shameless self-plug on how DeFi can be done more robustly using functional programming constructs: https://vishakh.medium.com/bringing-true-composability-and-r....

[arberx]

I don't think anyone disagrees with this. The reason functional languages aren't used to write smart contracts is the same reason functional languages aren't used to write a majority of software projects...adoptability/lack of knowledge/interest.