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"C ... statically typed" C is just an assembler with macros, so I think this is a bold statement... "Haskell and every other functional-oriented programming l

by haspok 7y ago

"C ... statically typed" C is just an assembler with macros, so I think this is a bold statement... "Haskell and every other functional-oriented programming language in its class, such as elixir, erlang, most lisps, even if they resent being lumped together" The set of problems I would try to solve in Haskell and the set of problems I would try to solve in Erlang are disjunct. And its not just about the language, it is the whole ecosystem around it. "Scala ... Java derivative" ??? I'm not sure if this post was an attempt of some kind of humour or not.

tom_mellior 7y ago
> C is just an assembler with macros No. Can we put this dumb meme to rest? 1972 C was just an assembler with macros. 2019 C has been a major focus of highly complex compiler research and engineering for decades. Sure, if you write broken code, C will happily access illegal memory if that's what the input program tells it to. But it will do so efficiently ;-)