[ngalaiko]

for me it was functional programming. and not just fp as is, but it's relation to another popular concept - oop.

i was properly introduced only to oop, and grasped a little of fp here and there, especially learning go and javascript.

what i consider a 'click' for me is when i realised that all of these paradigms are interchangeable. like, an abstract method is just a function, or a function signature is the same as in interface with a single method.

after that i write code however it feels more appropriate for the situation i am in and don't think too much about fancy words and patterns. it really feels like programming languages are becoming 'native' for me.

[satvikpendem]

You should learn Haskell, that's what I'm doing now, in order to learn functional programming from the ground up. Languages like JS which have FP concepts aren't really functional programming fully.

[ngalaiko]

i don't care about idealistic concepts

[satvikpendem]

Not sure what is idealistic, it's a useful programming language.