What task is best done in a functional programming style?

Question

I\'ve just recently discovered the functional programming style and I\'m convinced that it will reduce development efforts, make code easier to read, make software more main

Answer 1

Another example would be the Quicksort algorithm. It can be described very briefly in a functional language like Haskell:

qsort []     = []
qsort (x:xs) = qsort (filter (< x) xs) ++ [x] ++ qsort (filter (>= x) xs)

but needs some more coding in an iterative language. On the referenced Website you can also find a lot of other examples with comparisons between languages.