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		chongli on Jan 8, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Dijkstra on Haskell and Java (2001) - The industry by far still don't use functional languages. Flat-out wrong. The world's most popular language (in terms of lines of code, number of programmers and companies using it) is a functional language: JavaScript.

xradionut on Jan 8, 2014 [–]

Cheap crappy beer and junk food are popular too.

AnimalMuppet on Jan 8, 2014 | [–]

True. But that doesn't refute chongli's point at all.

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