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Have you spent much time with it? Like all things, you need to learn before you understand, and then it becomes clear.
by cnp 10y ago
Have you spent much time with it? Like all things, you need to learn before you understand, and then it becomes clear.
- Latty 10y agoI've written a fair amount of Elm, and I still find it awkward. One issue is that I feel like I end up having to go back and add in brackets more than I would with the C-style syntax. I'm not sure if that's just the way I think thanks to being used to that, or an inherent problem. The main issue really is that I think it's harder to read, as it's less clear what is being used where. The explicitness of the C-style makes it easier to see what goes where.
- jmcdiesel 10y agoThats kinda the point... with the vast array of languages out there, that are performant and powerful and very well established, why should anyone suffer through the learning curve? what value does the language offer to make that worth the effort?
- eastWestMath 10y agoWell, evaluation in these languages is more transparent. The syntax is basically the lambda calculus, so once you've actually learned the language it makes a huge difference. I'd try reading up on "referential transparency".