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I would love to see a comparison of the pros/cons of Reason vs Purescript by someone familiar with both.
by jonahx 9y ago
I would love to see a comparison of the pros/cons of Reason vs Purescript by someone familiar with both.
- christophilus 9y agoSubjectively, I think PureScript is the better language (in terms of aesthetics and expressiveness) also it has overloads so (25) and (2.3 3.3) instead of OCaml's odd (2.3 *. 3.3). Reason has a much faster compiler, efficient immutable operations, and is built using tried-and-true tech (OCaml).
- mchaver 9y agoI also really like PureScript, but the output from PureScript seems to be a lot larger than OCaml/BuckleScript and have worse performance. OCaml/BuckleScript has a really small stdlib that is lacking common functions, does not support type classes or point free style. A lot of groups end up making their own stdlib. BuckleScript is probably the more practical option at the moment.
- glennsl 9y agoThere's an unofficial in-progress comparison here: https://github.com/glennsl/reasonml.github.io/blob/124268155015f0c20cd5f38ec8ea1f491149a19d/src/pages/community/faq.md#how-does-reason-and-bucklescript-compare-to-purescript https://github.com/glennsl/reasonml.github.io/blob/124268155...