Re:Why Functional Programming Matters (1984) [pdf]
by amirmc on Thursday December 08, 2016 @07:35AM
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> I think the disadvantages can be solved by non-pure functional languages, and that there is a lot to gain for new programming languages in this area.
We don't necessarily need new languages for this. There are already pragmatic languages out there, for example, OCaml [1] (and if the syntax is off-putting there's ReasonML [2] from Facebook). I'm sure there are other examples too.
We don't necessarily need new languages for this. There are already pragmatic languages out there, for example, OCaml [1] (and if the syntax is off-putting there's ReasonML [2] from Facebook). I'm sure there are other examples too.
[1] http://ocaml.org
[2] http://facebook.github.io/reason/