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by majjgepolja 1806 days ago
This argument 'it selects for intelligent devs' needs to die.

it just selects for people who have hipster level enthusiasm about function programming. That doesn't mean proficient.

Many talented developers have a life of their own, and can do well without changing the language.

That's why Joel said 'smart AND gets things done'.