I’ve always said that someone who considers themself a senior developer should be comfortable picking up any language to get a project done. Lately, though, I’ve been doing so much development in Java that I’ve started feeling like a “java developer”.
So it was refreshing to see a rant from Steve Yeggee about functional programming and verb-centric development as opposed to the noun-centric development commonly found in strongly typed, OO languages like Java.
I’ve read lots of rants about the superiority of functional programming, but most of them tend to be way to smug to have any hope of converting anyone. This one is smug, too, but smug in a different way. And not short on useful examples.
Anyway, what’s the advice out of that? Make sure you keep up on articles that fall outside your immediate domain or you’ll get stuck in a rut, approaching problems only one way.
