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Re:Reflecting on Haskell in 2015 by jasperry on Friday December 18, 2015 @05:08PM (#10761323)
That captures my feelings really well. And then I think that if I'm going to stick to the "meat and potatoes" of functional programming, I might as well just use a language in the ML family.
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Re:Reflecting on Haskell in 2015 by kqr on Saturday December 19, 2015 @11:00AM (#10763880)
Except controlled side effects are a godsend, even for meat and potatoes.
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Re:Reflecting on Haskell in 2015 by vu3rdd on Saturday December 19, 2015 @11:58AM (#10764067)
Yes, indeed. Even with the 101 level haskell I write, it feels so right. I exactly know where the side effects are and the semantics of the program is so clear.
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