Why they keep developing Java/C#
I believe the functional languages are taking the field by storm (ocaml, f#, haskell, clojure, scala). and I wonder, why do we need languages like C#, Java for ?
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Re:Why they keep developing Java/C#
on Monday June 24, 2013 @11:45PM (#5937390)
I used to develop software using C#/Java back in 2003 :)
and I've been using functional languages for a few years now, and never looked back.
Re:Why they keep developing Java/C#
on Monday June 24, 2013 @11:42PM (#5937379)
well, then why porting its features to those languages ?
Re:Why they keep developing Java/C#
on Monday June 24, 2013 @11:40PM (#5937374)
I mean software development in general.
About the Advantages:
-I see C#/Java copying the functional language features, which isn't supported by default which yields an ugly code, more lines to write.
-No one can argue on the amount of the libraries available, but It's more JVM/CLR thing, so you can access it from anywhere
-on the concepts not being exotic? well, porting functional language features doesn't really help :)
-on the benefit, I believe coding in a functional language is more productive and more expressive, don't you?