> I cannot help but think that the overwhelming desire to support immutability and functional constructs here, as well as in nearly all other modern languages, gives significant evidence that functional programming is finally winning out over OOP.
You're making an either/or distinction here without any reason. You could just as well say, "The number of cars that recently added anti-lock brakes gives significant evidence that ABS is winning out over seat belts."
I don't see these languages removing any OOP features, so I think what it shows is that functional features are either useful independent of OOP features, or complement them. (My personal belief is the latter: the languages I enjoy the most have both.)
You're making an either/or distinction here without any reason. You could just as well say, "The number of cars that recently added anti-lock brakes gives significant evidence that ABS is winning out over seat belts."
I don't see these languages removing any OOP features, so I think what it shows is that functional features are either useful independent of OOP features, or complement them. (My personal belief is the latter: the languages I enjoy the most have both.)