[noloblo]

debugging dynamic python and imperative stateful python after a certain code base size >10k LOC gets extremely painful

for any meaningful scale you are better served by basic FP hygiene as evidenced in

haskell

elixir

CL/racket

or rust/golang

[ironman1478]

Because you say it doesn't make it true. It's not that painful or painful at all really. Good abstractions and planning make writing and maintaining a python easy, just like in any language.

[cjalmeida]

I don’t get it. Go is as imperative as a language can be.

[noloblo]

go is imperative but there are functional elegant styles borrowed from otp/erlang in ergo https://github.com/ergo-services/ergo https://memo.barrucadu.co.uk/three-months-of-go.html

[tmtvl]

Common Lisp, paragon of FP:

  (loop for x across numbers
        when (evenp x)
          do (setf result (+ result x)))

I mean yeah, you can do FP in CL, but it allows you to program in any paradigm which you prefer.

[namaria]

I agree. But most people just need a pick up truck, not forming railway consists.