How would the 'Model' in a Rails-type webapp be implemented in a functional programming language?

Question

In MVC web development frameworks such as Ruby on Rails, Django, and CakePHP, HTTP requests are routed to controllers, which fetch objects which are usually persisted to a backe

Answer 1

Have a look at the Conjure web application framework for an example of how one might implement an MVC framework in a functional programming language. Conjure uses clj-record for the model layer, which has support for associations and validations.