Ask HN: Why Isn't Functional Programming Taking Over?

I have recently been enlightened by LISP, specifically Clojure, and I'm not sure if I can go back to OOP.

After experiencing the joy of programming once again, I wonder why FP isn't widely adopted?

I understand in startupland that Django and Rails are simple to learn and prototype, but why aren't big companies and others using FP as a main language more often?

What are your thoughts?

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Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19550918

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