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The question Why functional languages? somehow skated by the subjective police. There are lots of subjective reasons that people like/prefer functional languages. This question resulted in a firehose of replies. It looked somewhat like the quote I mentioned: different perspectives and side notes were offered and the end result is the size of a chapter in a book. I'm not saying there isn't a lot of good information there, but it's anything but organized or answered as one cannot definitively answer a subjective question.

The question Why functional languages? somehow skated by the subjective police. There are lots of subjective reasons that people like/prefer functional languages. This question resulted in a firehose of replies. It looked somewhat like the quote I mentioned: different perspectives and side notes were offered and the end result is the size of a chapter in a book. I'm not saying there isn't a lot of good information there, but it's anything but organized or answered as one cannot definitively answer a subjective question.

I understand that Stack Exchange is not built to support open-ended questions and discussions. And having read some of the arguments I can understand why it's problematic. I understand that at one point a failed attempt was made to support them. No problem. The infrastructure here does not support this kind of discussion.

I understand that Stack Exchange is not built to support open-ended questions and discussions. And having read some of the arguments I can understand why it's problematic. I understand that at one point a failed attempt was made to support them. No problem. The infrastructure here does not support this kind of discussion.

I understand that Stack Exchange is designed for objective questions. I then considered whether there might be some other high-quality site that permitted a more subjective discussion but after some thought I realized that if the infrastructure could be built into the Stack Exchange network that would be ideal. I notice very often that questions are migrated to more appropriate areas. I also notice that people are continuing to ask broken questions. So in the spirit of HIM I figure accommodating the reality of what's happening makes sense. The solution involves building a different infrastructure for managing subjective exchanges.

I understand that Stack Exchange is designed for objective questions. I then considered whether there might be some other high-quality site that permitted a more subjective discussion but after some thought I realized that if the infrastructure could be built into the Stack Exchange network that would be ideal. I notice very often that questions are migrated to more appropriate areas. I also notice that people are continuing to ask broken questions. So in the spirit of HIM I figure accommodating the reality of what's happening makes sense. The solution involves building a different infrastructure for managing subjective exchanges.