Here&#x27;s another way of phrasing that.<p>&quot;Functional programming isn&#x27;t an end unto itself, it&#x27;s one of several strategies for breaking programs down into manageable chunks. I would have found the article more interesting if it showed how this type of tiny function is used in journeyman Haskell code, or how the translation to ES6 would apply to real world JavaScript.&quot;<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.ycombinator.com&#x2F;new-hacker-news-guideline" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.ycombinator.com&#x2F;new-hacker-news-guideline</a>