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On Saturday, June 22, 2013 8:37:20 PM UTC+5:30, Rick Johnson wrote:
> I sorry, but FP is not going to wash our sins clean. In
> fact, if taken too seriously, FP leads to preaching
> professors, intellectually unstimulated students, and
> semesters of wasted time that could have been better spent
> honing practical *real world* skill sets. 
> 
> 
>     ########################################################
>     #                    Tip of the Day                    #
>     ########################################################
>     # Remember, whilst the professor's tenure will         #
>     # guarantee he gets a paycheck even for producing      #
>     # rubbish, you won't be afforded such luxuries in the  #
>     # real world.                                          #
>     ########################################################

Here are some examples for your kind consideration. 
[Something I wrote a few days back with a few additions]

Comprehensions and lambdas have come into python. From where? Haskell
[Lambdas have even got into C++ !!]
LINQ in C#  inspired by comprehensions
Generics were not there in C# and Java early editions.  Now they've
been retrofitted -- Origin SML.
Almost every modern language supports garbage collection. Origin Lisp
Numpy is just APL with python syntax
Hottest DBMSes today are the nosql ones -- couchdb written in erlang.
Knuth - Vol 1 is a gigantic exercise on how to do lisp without lisp.
Also called Greenspun's 10th law: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?GreenspunsTenthRuleOfProgramming

And heard of google? Uses something called map-reduce. Route: APL -> FPLs -> google

Yes FP is very academic -- for those living in the last century.

I just assumed we are all in 2013 :-)