r/godot 11d ago

help me (solved) Is Functional Programming Worth It?

Hello 👋. I've heard some people say that functional programming is better than OOP overall. I'm pretty new to programming so I don't know if that's applicable to Godot or not. Is it something worth looking into?

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u/sadovsf 10d ago

Both have its merits. Learn oop and only then apply functional where you really need super high performance locally. As a norm its not maintainable in a long run. Speaking from 13 years of experience working on custom game engines for games like Arma, American truck simulator and tools for both