This I don't understand: Seems like whenever functional paradigms are discussed, the whole same stuff is always repeated without failure: on one hand fuzzy generalizations like "pure functions", "no side effects", "no state"... on the other, all examples always talking about using map, filter, fold, flat, zip. One would think that "functional programming" _is_ using those functions. That FP is all about Iterators and what things you can do with them.
But I never see contrived real-world examples, those that really show how things are different from imperative or procedural programming. I want to see how you use stateless functional programming to control a garage door actuator. Or how you model a Car which can have their doors open or closed either by the class itself or external actors. How do you receive UDP packets, including a buffer implementation that is able to sort out-of-order packets and send retransmission requests for missing ones? That kind of stuff.
Are there any resources that show these kind of "here is a list of problems, how they are typically solved, and how you could solve with FP" style examples?
EDIT: This message was actually to say thank you and that TFA is an awesome resource to help understand how the Iterator methods work! And then I got lost in my semi-rant and forgot to actually say thanks :)
But I never see contrived real-world examples, those that really show how things are different from imperative or procedural programming. I want to see how you use stateless functional programming to control a garage door actuator. Or how you model a Car which can have their doors open or closed either by the class itself or external actors. How do you receive UDP packets, including a buffer implementation that is able to sort out-of-order packets and send retransmission requests for missing ones? That kind of stuff.
Are there any resources that show these kind of "here is a list of problems, how they are typically solved, and how you could solve with FP" style examples?
EDIT: This message was actually to say thank you and that TFA is an awesome resource to help understand how the Iterator methods work! And then I got lost in my semi-rant and forgot to actually say thanks :)