Introduction
Programming and program development has taken centre stage in the computer world and every day a news item is posted on a new development that has occurred within this field. This paper will discuss one such article as well as its contents that are related to computer programming and development. The article is entitled “Code Watch: Functional programming’s smugness problem.” The article speaks about functional programming as the next generation means of programming. It appraises functional programmer against mainstream traditional programmers and their programming techniques. It advocates for the adaptation of functional programming by other mainstream traditional programmers by clearly ...