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Show HN: Write Haskell-inspired smart contracts with open source DAML

Posted by PDiMarzio on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @09:34AM
from the show-hn dept.

Hey HN! This is Paul from Digital Asset’s developer community team. We have recently added a web-based IDE for DAML so people can now try it out without having to download the SDK. We’d love your feedback on the experience and the language! https://webide.daml.com/Thanks to Bolek Wisniewski from the DAML language team for making this happen.In case you’re not familiar with DAML, I have...

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Re:To DLT, or not to DLT? That is not the question on Monday May 06, 2019 @10:13AM (#19839562)
This blog post walks through a substantial coding example in DAML, and draws some parallels to how the use case might need to be coded if using more traditional technologies (such as SQL). A really good read for anyone wanting to understand some of the rationale behind DAML. Get the code, download the SDK, and give it a whirl yourself. Would love your feedback!
Re:Digital Asset and ISDA Introduce Tool to Help Drive Adoption of ISD... on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @09:05AM (#19624202)
The CDM reference implementation in DAML discussed in this blog post is open source: https://github.com/digital-asset/lib-cdm-event-specification...

Digital Asset has also open sourced a complete example of a swaps application in DAML using the CDM: https://github.com/digital-asset/ex-cdm-swaps

Both repos are licensed under Apache 2.0

Re:Digital Asset Open Sources Its Smart Contract Language, DAML [pdf] on Thursday April 04, 2019 @02:51PM (#19575800)
This is a great question that will probably get better traction if asked through one of the DAML support channels... SO (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/daml) or Slack (https://damldriven.slack.com/).
Re:Digital Asset Open Sources Its Smart Contract Language, DAML [pdf] on Thursday April 04, 2019 @02:48PM (#19575765)
Yes Edward was a big contributor here (full disclosure - I work at DA). A lot of our engineers, like Edward, come from the Haskell community. DAML uses the GHC compiler under the covers. One way to think of is is a GHC frontend that adds the extra bits required to streamline the task of writing multipartry contracts.
Re:Digital Asset Open Sources Its Smart Contract Language, DAML [pdf] on Thursday April 04, 2019 @02:42PM (#19575714)
At this very moment, DAML applications run on the DA ledger. Open sourcing the language is the first step in expanding that base. We (yes, I work at DA!) have been working with key ledger providers and will be making additional announcements over time - perhaps starting within the month if all goes well.
Re:The sad, sick life of the business traveller on Friday March 22, 2019 @01:24PM (#19464718)
I worked remotely for IBM for somewhere in the neighborhood of 15-20 years. Although I was effective and consistently a top performer, that's mainly because I could do a lot of my work autonomously. IBM's conference call mentality made meetings truly unproductive. Teaming on the phone is very hard.

I'm now with a startup and we use Zoom all the time, around the globe. Almost like being there.

Flying for meetings? fuggedaboutit! Totally unnecessary in my opinion.