> I find it curious that "safety" wasn't one of the points It was implied by the context of "ML" languages. That was my intention at least; I thought ML langua

> I find it curious that "safety" wasn't one of the points It was implied by the context of "ML" languages. That was my intention at least; I thought ML languages were characteristically safe. Regarding "C-like", I mostly mean syntax. I'm not too familiar with the ML family, but many FP languages have bizarre syntax which amplifies the difficulty of learning new concepts IMO.