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		habibur on March 5, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Why has functional programming become so p... Good point. But is Rust promoting FP now?

ccouzens on March 5, 2023 [–]

I think it depends on if you define a functional language as one that functional programs can be written in, or a language that can only write functional programs.

I often see JavaScript described as a functional language, so I think modern parlance leans towards the former.

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