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Re:“Mostly functional” programming does not work by nextos on Sunday April 27, 2014 @08:36AM (#7654829)
While I agree hybrids are in general a bad idea, some good hybrids exist. But they are extremely hard to get right. For example, Oz/Mozart:

http://www.sm.luth.se/csee/courses/timber/reading/VanRoy.pdf

http://www.epsa.org/forms/uploadFiles/3B6300000000.filename....

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Re:“Mostly functional” programming does not work by MrBuddyCasino on Sunday April 27, 2014 @04:26PM (#7656686)
I would be much more inclined to read those papers if you gave a short reason as to why you think it got some things right, where others have failed.
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Re:“Mostly functional” programming does not work by nextos on Sunday April 27, 2014 @07:38PM (#7657455)
Just have a look at the comments about the CTM book in c2, and the links to LtU:

http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ConceptsTechniquesAndModelsOfComputer...

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