Functional Thinking Quotes

“The problem with a completely new programming paradigm isn’t learning a new lan‐
guage. After all, everyone reading this has learned numerous computer languages—
language syntax is merely details. The tricky part is learning to think in a different way.”
― Neal Ford, Functional Thinking: Paradigm Over Syntax

“While many developers are accustomed to blissful ignorance for bedrock abstractions such as memory, they are less accustomed to similar abstractions appearing at a higher level. Yet these higher-level abstractions serve the same purpose: handling the mundane details of machinery while freeing developers to work on unique aspects of their problems.”
― Neal Ford, Functional Thinking: Paradigm Over Syntax

“I never want to code in a non-garbage-collected language again. Been there,
done that, got the T-shirt, and don’t want to go back, because I’d rather spend my time
at a higher level of abstraction, thinking about ways to solve complex business scenarios,
not complicated plumbing problem”
― Neal Ford, Functional Thinking: Paradigm Over Syntax

“Life’s too short for malloc.”
― Neal Ford, Functional Thinking: Paradigm Over Syntax