Advantages and Disadvantages of Functional Programming

Advantages of functional programming

Here are the main advantages of functional programming:

FP often creates less code

This is because it tends to work at a slightly higher level than the other paradigms, so it achieves more with each line of code.

Intent of the code is clearer

For example, if you use map to apply a function to a data stream, the meaning is clear and unambiguous. However, if you define a procedural function that loops over the data and applies the function, you need to read and ...