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"discreet math in computing, applied combinatorics, differential equation, compiler theory, functional programming, competitive programming, on and on"

Every college with somewhat decent CS program offers these courses. I was teaching some on the list in a state flagship a long time ago. functional programming is even taught at magnet high school these days but is largely useless in real life. [/quote]

You obviously have no clue what you are talking about. Ignorant statements like "functional programming is taught at magnet schools, but it is useless" tells me you haven't taught anything or if you did then those kids suffered. Anyone can say anything on an anonymous forum, but it still need to stand the test of logic and commonsense to be taken seriously by others. You sound like someone who couldn't get into a good school who hold the grudge against those who did.[/quote]

Take the lowly UMBC for example, the corresponding courses are

https://www.csee.umbc.edu/cmsc-203-syllabus/

https://www.csee.umbc.edu/~chang/cs441/

https://catalog.umbc.edu/preview_course_nopop.php?catoid=3&coid=6764

https://www.csee.umbc.edu/courses/331/resources/lisp/onLisp/03functionalProgramming.pdf

Not sure what is competitive programming. 
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SMH: This is the problem when people are armed with only Google search and have no actual insights into what those topics means, and how they are taught as part of rigorous CS programs at CMU and elsewhere. For instance, functional programming tidbits linked is not what that looks like today at places like CMU, this is an ancient and outdated materials from how they used it in the 60's, with programs like Lisp, it has undergone changes to build applications like Lambda functions, which is used in serverless computing, think Amazon Alexa and AI apps like that. Natural Language Processing (NLP) used in search engines and social media platforms can benefit from function based approach as well, as opposed to structured or object oriented. But yeah, whatever, those who understand will get it.

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Lambda calculus has been around almost 80 yrs now.

Which ML packages of some importance are written in functional programming languages? [/quote]

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