Functional Languages seem to be pushing for the title of the
next cool thing. Talks and tutorials about them are starting to
show up in conferences and conventions, books about them are
hitting the shelves, people are even asking about talking about
them in blogs and mailing lists devoted to some of the current
hot languages. Does this mean you’ll be using one next year?
Maybe, but probably not. Does it mean you might want to spend
some time learning one? Absolutely. Brief description of
functional languages. Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt the Pragmatic
Programmers recommend learning a new language every year,
calling it a LOTY (Language of the Year). In his book ‘My Job
Went To India’, Chad Fowler complains about programmers who say
things like: ‘No I haven’t been given the opportunity to work
with language Foo, or framework Bar.’ This is a great chance to
look at something that’s very different from the way you’re
programming today, something that could change the way you think
about programming challenges. So,