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I don't get it. I work day to day with Algol-syntax languages like JavaScript and Java, but have dabbled in ML languages like Elm and Haskell. One of the things
by erokar 8y ago
I don't get it. I work day to day with Algol-syntax languages like JavaScript and Java, but have dabbled in ML languages like Elm and Haskell. One of the things I really like about those languages is the syntax -- succinct and clear. What takes time and is hard for me is grasping the semantics and patterns.
- acjohnson55 8y agoI find it pretty clear in simple cases but ambiguities and associativity rules can make interpreting some code a real pain.
- masklinn 8y agoOCaml's syntax is way more verbose and noisy than Haskell's or Elm's. It tends to have longer keywords, more sigils, … and some of the defaults are inconvenient (non-recursive lets) https://wiki.haskell.org/OCaml https://wiki.haskell.org/OCaml has some trivial examples