> If the finance industry (which is similarly large-investment and high-risk) can begin to use functional programming for critical applications then I can see hardware moving towards it as well
I don't think these things are at all comparable. The finance industry is writing code to do software things. The hardware industry is writing code to build hardware.
It is not just a matter of how much money and risk is involved, it's a matter of whether the language is a good mapping for the things it is describing.
I don't think these things are at all comparable. The finance industry is writing code to do software things. The hardware industry is writing code to build hardware.
It is not just a matter of how much money and risk is involved, it's a matter of whether the language is a good mapping for the things it is describing.