Why GitHub used Haskell for Semantic

Re:Why GitHub used Haskell for Semantic by dmix on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @09:23PM (#20110732)

Honestly I've never fully given Elm enough of a run-through to say yet (ditto with OCaml). I remember 2yrs ago I was evaluating it but decided to learn React/Vue.js for professional reasons. Additionally I wasn't convinced that Elm would be an ideal long-term commitment and more of a compromise between JS, FP, FRP (functional reactive programming) and more of a framework competitor than a full-blown language.

While I see PureScript as a full long-term language-level commitment to Haskell style FP minus the purity. But again my exposure to it has been too limited to have a strong opinion.

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Re:Why GitHub used Haskell for Semantic by doctorcroc on Thursday June 06, 2019 @02:29AM (#20112090)

ReasonML is a much more reasonable (pun intended) approach to FP from the front-end side that doesn't appear to be as dogmatic as Elm. By making some concessions over interoperability (namely supporting raw JS and npm libraries), Reason thinks it will be easier to win existing JS devs over. Check it out - https://reasonml.github.io/

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