Re: Direction number one
Well for a start functional isn't that modern , its been around for decades and if it was really that good and really brought anything useful to the table beyond a few non essential fancy features it would have caught on years ago like OO did.
I find it difficult to conceive how anyone with any significant programming experience could believe that software development is a meritocracy. Do they not have critical thinking where you live?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
