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Rust is actually a contender in this space as well [0]. It is not something that is widely touted, maybe because of a fear that an FP-label would give rust an a
by japanuspus 8y ago
Rust is actually a contender in this space as well [0]. It is not something that is widely touted, maybe because of a fear that an FP-label would give rust an academic tinge?
This is one of the reasons I will dedicate this year's advent of code [1] to learning rust.
[0]: https://science.raphael.poss.name/rust-for-functional-programmers.html https://science.raphael.poss.name/rust-for-functional-progra...
[1]: https://adventofcode.com/ https://adventofcode.com/
- christophilus 8y agoMy vote is still for OCaml, if for no other reason than the compiler speed.
- pjmlp 8y agoAnd memory management productivity. I agree GC free management is necessary, but it should be constrained to certain high performance niches, which cannot cope with GC + value types.