Re:Why don't we use functional programming languages more? (...
by gaius on Sunday October 17, 2010 @02:06PM
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Check the date on the article.
Re:Why don't we use functional programming languages more? (...
by lincolnq on Sunday October 17, 2010 @02:12PM
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To save some clicks, it's from 2004.
Re:Why don't we use functional programming languages more? (...
by borisk on Sunday October 17, 2010 @06:52PM
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F# was first released in 2002.
Re:Why don't we use functional programming languages more? (...
by gaius on Monday October 18, 2010 @12:32AM
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What?!? Try 2007!
Re:Why don't we use functional programming languages more? (...
by borisk on Monday October 18, 2010 @04:51AM
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"Started as Caml.NET, with a first preview release of F# compiler in 2002/2003."
http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/teaching/courses/apl/2009-2010/slide...
To write as little BS as possible I mostly keep myself limited to F#, a language I know:
- You don't need to use formal proves to design your software, the "purity" of your code is up to you
- Stacktraces? Hell, yeah.
- IO: Use what the .Net framework gives you - it's not that different from other .Net languages and you can isolate these side effects nicely in a simple method or go down the monad path..
In short: I disagree with the article, because I have made quite different experiences in the past. The morale of the story: Don't be too general (functional programming) if you have trouble with specific things (like Haskell's academic background).