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A transpiler is a perfect use-case for a functional language. You're literally mapping from an input domain to an output domain. That's what a function is, so i
by jdmichal 10y ago
A transpiler is a perfect use-case for a functional language. You're literally mapping from an input domain to an output domain. That's what a function is, so it all fits very well. It's when you have things that go outside of domain-to-domain mapping that functional starts to fall apart.
- nightski 10y agoYou provide nothing to back up your assertion that it falls apart. I have written image capture and 3D reconstruction algorithms in Haskell which interacted with webcams, OpenGL, networking, etc.. and never felt like it was "falling apart".