Re:Swift Numerics
by ZeroCool2u on Thursday November 07, 2019 @08:23PM
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On paper F# seems pretty great. Unfortunately, in practice it was the first and so far the only language I've ever used that I never found myself enjoying.
I wrote a simple, but relatively robust toy language interpreter in it, so the time I put in wasn't trivial and I kept thinking it would get better, but no such luck. This is just my anecdotal experience though, I know some companies have been wildly successful with F# as the technical foundation for their entire platform. Jet is a great example of one such company.
Re:Swift Numerics
by Cybiote on Thursday November 07, 2019 @11:32PM
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Certainly, not every language will fit everyone's preferred style of thinking and approach to breaking down problems. This is why I think a diversity in available options is so useful.
I wrote a simple, but relatively robust toy language interpreter in it, so the time I put in wasn't trivial and I kept thinking it would get better, but no such luck. This is just my anecdotal experience though, I know some companies have been wildly successful with F# as the technical foundation for their entire platform. Jet is a great example of one such company.