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Sometimes I think the syntactical difference of functional languages alone is the reason they're unpopular. Iterative languages seem to match more closely how
by fossuser 10y ago
Sometimes I think the syntactical difference of functional languages alone is the reason they're unpopular.
Iterative languages seem to match more closely how people speak/think in verbal language.
- moomin 10y agoIt's a pity it's hard to be precise in verbal communication without resorting to talking like a functional programming language.
- donatj 10y agoI agree completely. I recently went to an Elm workshop and while I found it very interesting, the Haskell syntax just didn't agree with me. I want more enforced required clarity. I compared it at the time to writing English without any punctuation, you can do it but it makes comprehension much more difficult.
- rnhmjoj 10y agoIt may match more with the way we speak but not really the way we think, imho. When you ask someone to do something you usually just give him a general description of what the end result would be and then add more details if necessary. You don't tell him exactly what to do step by step from the start to the end, because you don't really care most of the time. Markup and declarative style are closer to the way we think.