Functional programming and Object-Oriented programming are both valid paradigms and methods of coding. However, one will thrive and work better for the project based on environment and requirements — but neither solution works best in all situations. Functional programming works well when complexity is contained.

Object-oriented programming is often the most natural and pragmatic approach, once you get the hang of it. OOP languages allow you to break down your software into bite-sized problems that you then can solve — one object at a time,