FP is the new OOP

Many of us in the functional programming community believe that FP is a significant improvement over object oriented programming, arguably the dominant programming paradigm today. That of course begs the question: how did an inferior paradigm grab so much mindshare and market share and rise to prominence? I’m going to tell the story a bit differently, exploring a different take on the strengths of OOP, and how that affects those of us who advocate for functional programming. PUBLICATION PERISSIONS: Original video was published with the Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed). Link: