Many Python fans have longed for the language to adopt functional programming features. Now they can get those features without having to switch to a new Python implementation. Coconut, a newly ...

Facebook went with a novel programming methodology, called functional programming, to update the News Feed for its Apple iOS client, which helped considerably in tuning and debugging the app.

The functional programming tribe is unlikely to overthrow the imperative majority, but it may achieve many of its goals by stealth, by becoming an essential tool in the developers' kit.