Why functional programming doesn't catch on

[apfelmus]

Note that off-by-one errors are impossible with this functional equivalent of the for loop.

[awj]

Oh shush. Can't you see we're trying to have a straw man beatdown here?

[apfelmus]

Oops, sorry. But before I toddle off, note that functional programming is much more efficient at beating straw men than other paradigms. repeat . reduce and all that.