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FP is a paradigm. lisp is a language. you can use lisp to learn FP

if i wanted to learn pure FP i would probably pick many things over Nix

> if i wanted to learn pure FP i would probably pick many things over Nix

of course, but that wasn't the question:

> What do you gain from learning Nix, asside from Nix?

but if you wanted to learn lisp/scheme Guile is a very good choice whereas if you wanted to learn FP Nix is a pretty crappy choice