即使您从未专业地使用过函数式语言，了解函数式编程也会使您成为更好的开发人员。它会给你一个新的视角来看待你的代码和编程。

我认为没有理由不去学习它。

我认为能够很好地混合函数式和命令式风格的语言是最有趣的，也是最有可能成功的。

你最近有关注编程语言的发展吗?所有主流编程语言的每一个新版本似乎都从函数式编程中借用了越来越多的特性。

Closures, anonymous functions, passing and returning functions as values used to be exotic features known only to Lisp and ML hackers. But gradually, C#, Delphi, Python, Perl, Javascript, have added support for closures. Its not possible for any up-and-coming language to be taken seriously without closures. Several languages, notably Python, C#, and Ruby have native support for list comprehensions and list generators. ML pioneered generic programming in 1973, but support for generics ("parametric polymorphism") has only become an industry standard in the last 5 years or so. If I remember correctly, Fortran supported generics in 2003, followed by Java 2004, C# in 2005, Delphi in 2008. (I know C++ has supported templates since 1979, but 90% of discussions on C++'s STL start with "here there be demons".)

是什么让这些功能吸引程序员?这应该是显而易见的:它帮助程序员编写更短的代码。如果想要保持竞争力，未来所有的语言都将至少支持闭包。在这方面，函数式编程已经成为主流。

大多数应用程序都很简单 可以用正常的面向对象方法解决

谁说不能用函数式编程来处理简单的事情?并不是每个函数程序都需要是编译器、定理证明器或大型并行通信交换机。除了更复杂的项目外，我还经常使用f#来编写临时脚本。

我认为函数式编程语言成为“下一个大事件”的最大理由是，在未来，多核处理器将成为标准。程序员将不得不利用这一点，而函数式编程为构建顶级并发软件提供了极好的可能性。

附注:当我在波士顿大学(1998 - 02)读大学时，我们花了一个学期学习Scheme，它是LISP的近亲。我们刚开始学的时候，我都想把头发扯下来。课程结束时，一切都变得很自然了。

很多人都提到了函数式语言。

除了Javascript，还有一些最常用的函数式语言。

Excel、SQL、XSLT、XQuery、J、K等应用于金融领域。

当然是Erlang。

所以我想说，从这个列表中，函数式编程技术每天都在主流中使用。

一些想法:

The debate between FP and imperative programming (OO, structured, etc), has been raging since Lisp versus Fortran. I think you pose excellent questions but recognize that they are not especially new. Part of the hoopla over FP is that we seem to be recognizing that concurrency is very difficult, and that locks and other mechanisms in OO (e.g. Java) are just one solution. FP offers a refreshing sea change with ideas such as Actors and the power of stateless computing. To those wrestling with OO, the landscape seems highly appealing. Yes, schools teach FP. In fact, the University of Waterloo and others offer Scheme in first year classes (reference here). Regarding the average programmer, I'm sure that the same arguments were given against C++ back in the early 1990s. And look what happened. If businesses can gain an advantage via a technology, you can bet that people will receive training.

这并不是说这是板上钉钉的事，也不是说在3-5年内不会出现反弹(一如既往)。然而，朝着计划生育的趋势是有好处的，值得关注。

除了其他答案之外，用纯函数术语来描述解决方案可以迫使人们更好地理解问题。相反，用函数式的思维方式会培养出更好的解决问题的能力。

*要么是因为功能范式更好，要么是因为它可以提供额外的攻击角度。