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Re:Lily: An interpreted language with a focus on expressiven... by losvedir on Thursday July 19, 2018 @01:37PM (#17568655)
One of the bullet points is "Abstract data types (with `Option` and `Result` predefined)." I wonder if they mean "Algebraic data type", since I have seen Option/Result before as an example of those, and they're both commonly abbreviated ADTs. Or maybe they're trying to get at a concept I'm missing here?
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Re:Lily: An interpreted language with a focus on expressiven... by FascinatedBox on Thursday July 19, 2018 @07:12PM (#17571175)
Yeah, that's a mistake on my part. I pushed a fix just now. Thanks for the tip.
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Re:Lily: An interpreted language with a focus on expressiven... by yaccz on Thursday July 19, 2018 @03:35PM (#17569564)
ADTs are not neccessary to implement Option.
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