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[threaded]

How many jobs require Forth as primary working language?

How many jobs require any functional language as primary working language?

"Functional" languages are the COBOLs of the world!

Well, peeps don't tend to advertise those kind of jobs on the BOS job boards you're looking at.

Yet, I personally have advertised on here for someone to stay in a nice villa overlooking the sea in the south of France for a few months. Most of their work is functional programming: ISVV in the Space Industry. You just don't shout it out that you want someone to do 'functional coding' as if you're in the market for someone who can, you just look for someone who's good. 'Cause if they're good, they can. Simples innit.

Also you do see a lot of adverts for Scheme in the Finance sector. Although I think many of those are just to weed out unsuitable applicants.

 

[Weltchy]

I have no problem with language having some "functional" elements - what I have a problem with is with language that does not allow common decades proven programming approach to work, ie: no proper loops, no variables etc etc, it's obvious ffs!

I'd troll you a bit more but I am back home eating nice meal so I'll leave trolling to sasguru's sockies

Admit it. Your actually a Bored IT Lecturer, angry at the world because of some perceived wrong done to you in times gone past. A glass of port or brandy in the middle of the night and suddenly your wanting to regain some long gone youthful aspect of life, hence the fact that you post an obviously technical leaning thread in General!

 

[TimberWolf]

If a functional language is sufficiently powerful, it should be able to simulate imperative programs, side effects and all. It might just be harder. I take for granted that imperative languages can likewise simulate functional language operations, because they are Turin complete and can simulate anything computable.

 

[d000hg]

... they are Turin complete ...

 

[TimberWolf]

He's Turing's half brother.

 

[AtW]

My last word on this (for the time being):

1. Imperative (aka proper sensible) programming languages are like learning English.

2. Wrongly called "functional" languages is like learning Japanese language.

Now shut up you lot - I am testing some parallel code now written in C# with my own parallel execution framework

 

[d000hg]

My last word on this (for the time being):

1. Imperative (aka proper sensible) programming languages are like learning English.

2. Wrongly called "functional" languages is like learning Japanese language.

Now shut up you lot - I am testing some parallel code now written in C# with my own parallel execution framework

It's not your fault. You were taught wrong, and are too old to learn a new paradigm. Exactly like how you struggle with English.

 

[AtW]

You were taught wrong, and are too old to learn a new paradigm.

I am a self taught programmer, my edukation is all business related...

 

[threaded]

I am a self taught programmer, my edukation is all business related...

Well, I'd suggest maybe some training maybe?

 

[AtW]

Well, I'd suggest maybe some training maybe?

You mean like anger management?