applications of Functional programming /PL outside Fintech/crypto

It seems like everyone who doing things in the FP / PL space is using them for Fintech or cryptocurrency. Are there people doing research in other fields using this tech?

NortonLifeLock oocla Sep 7, 2021

Applications include flexing on the OOP normies ๐Ÿ˜Ž

NortonLifeLock oocla Sep 7, 2021

Real talk, FB uses Erlang for messenger, Haskell for spam detection, and OCaml for some PHP compiler stuff, so you can add social media to the list.

Zoox nondriver Sep 7, 2021

Functional languages are big in the field of automated theorem proving.

Los Alamos National Laboratory ultramagic OP Sep 7, 2021

Yes, do you know any companies using that?