I'm not sure this is a bad thing. The criticism of C and its counterparts is valid in some respects, but I think the dogmatic views of FP proponents overstep the bounds of what is justified in many situations. Often a more procedural solution maps better to the problem at hand than a recursive or functional one would.

Just to clarify: I'm not anti-FP in any way. I've implemented some fairly large projects in OCaml and like the language a lot, however, I don't think FP supersedes more traditional programming styles in all (or even many) cases.

I expect some people to disagree with me and I'd love to hear why! I put my viewpoints forward not to say that they're the absolute truth but more to get responses from other people. I'd be more than happy to chance my opinions if given compelling evidence.