John Carmack on Functional Programming (2013) [video]

I really like John's perspective on things, he can take a listener or reader from the most abstract concepts to the nitty-gritty without losing focus. He's a tremendous asset to the programming world.

Should add (2013) and [video] to the title

I wonder about the present state of the functional projects he talks about and is currently working on. A bit old, but good video talking about FP and static typing from a veteran perspective.

Would like to see a conversation between Sid Meier and Carmack, the modern Civ engines seem to have made some strides in stability methinks.

He wrote a very good piece here: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/169296/Indepth_Functional... on the same topic (is it in fact the same?)

EDIT: Why all those downvotes? Are famous developers not supposed to criticized on HN?

While John has a lot of interesting things to say, the presentation is awful, almost an imposition to the audience.

There's not a single slide, or any repetition to clarify structure, or any notable gestures to make up for that. A simple overview, just a damn simple list of keywords, would already go a long way. That would add a lot of structure and would make the talk so much easier to follow, especially for non-native speakers.

Just because one is so much respected by the audience that they will tolerate everything, one should not act like the audience will tolerate everything.