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These new tools and perspectives empower you to write better programs even when you write in traditional languages. In fact, many modern extensions/frameworks have functional flavours added. See for example ReasonML and typescript. Learning functional programming will give you the necessary building blocks to pick up these frameworks quickly and correctly.
These new tools and perspectives empower you to write better programs even when you write in traditional languages. In fact, many modern extensions/frameworks have functional flavours added. See for example ReasonML and typescript. Learning functional programming will give you the necessary building blocks to pick up these frameworks quickly and correctly.
Many companies have adopted functional programming and there are many opportunities for functional programmers. Companies using Haskell include Facebook, Hasura, etc. Companies using OCaml include Ahrefs, Jane Street, etc.
Functional languages are prominent in blockchain especially. Blockchain is an increasingly popular technology with applications in many areas. The most common uses of the technology include cryptocurrencies, banking/FinTech, and smart contracts. They all involve financial transactions that are time-sensitive and mistakes can be very costly. Functional languages can minimize these mistakes and therefore many blockchain and related applications are written in functional languages! For example, Mina and Tezos are written in OCaml. Cardano, Kadena and BlockApps are written in Haskell.