Re:Standard ML Family
by qiskit on Saturday April 16, 2022 @07:07PM
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It's great functional language to learn pattern matching, type inference, polymorphism, etc in an academic setting. Great language to compare and contrast to other languages ( dynamic, OOP, imperative, etc ), but I'm not sure how useful it is as I've never seen it used in the business world. When all you knew was C/C++/Java, standard ml throws you for a loop - in a good way.
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Re:Standard ML Family
by chriswarbo on Sunday April 17, 2022 @07:06AM
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At my current job we use Scala extensively. I didn't have much experience with it, but found it pretty easy to pick up, mostly due to its similarity to StandardML (much moreso than e.g. Java, Haskell or Python; which are also clearly influences)
In fact, my only previous experience with Scala was from hacking on Isabelle/HOL, which is mostly StandardML, but happens to use Scala in the periphery (scripting, UI, etc.)!