[Cadre-politics] great short article explaining utility of functional programming

[Fred G. Martin]

Do people know about Joel Spolsky?  He runs a small, successful  
software company in NYC and writes pithy articles on software  
development topics.

This new one does a great job of explaining why functional languages  
are powerful and C++/Java tie your hands.  Ends up with why Google is  
innovating and M$ is not:

> "If your programming language requires you to use functors, you're
> not getting all the benefits of a modern programming environment. See
> if you can get some of your money back."
>
> - Read the whole story online:
>   "Can Your Programming Language Do This?"
>   http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/08/01.html
>
>

Definitely worth a read -- and should be handed to all OPL students.

Fred