What is something you wish you knew when you first started functional programming? This question was originally answered on Quora by Tikhon Jelvis.

Suppose you are to build a software application for a startup from scratch, would functional programming be a better choice than imperative programming?

Functional programming addresses the concurrency problem of state but often at a cost of human readability. Functional programmming may be entirely appropriate for many circumstances.

Functional programming languages will have a place in general application development when we can read their code at a glance.

Reactive programming is starting to shape the industry, student by student. Matt Asay explains.

Functional programming has been around for the last 60 years, but so far it’s always been a niche phenomenon. Although game-changers like Google rely on its key concepts, the average programmer ...

What does functional programming actually mean? Find out inside PCMag's comprehensive tech and computer-related encyclopedia.

Professor Simon-Peyton Jones, an advocate of functional programming since the 1980s and a major contributor to the Haskell language, is the first to admit that his tribe is a minority.

What are the best languages for getting into functional programming? This question was originally answered on Quora.

Figure 1. Functional JavaScript is available as an ebook (without DRM) from O'Reilly or as a paperback. Anyone who has followed my missives on programming have noted the varied exposure to ...