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> Facebook does some OCaml too Using an ML or a Lisp for language tooling is the way to go. Nothing else in that league.

• pjmlp 6y ago
  I would add Prolog to that list.
• weeniehutjr420 6y ago
  How about Haskell?
  • choeger 6y ago
    Haskell is like the nerdy cousin of the ML family. Everyone knows he's smart, but no one would think to ask him to fix the kitchen sink or install the new dishwasher. Seriously, Haskell is massively impressive, both as a research language and as an implementation. But it does not shed that certain research attitude. Every known problem seems to be boring. "Oh you want a proxying http server? No problem, this is just the inversion of the endofoo over the category of abstract Monobars!". Sometimes I get the feeling that no one focuses on shipping actual software with Haskell.
    • greggyb 6y ago
      Facebook uses Haskell in a critical portion of their user-content publishing pipeline. https://engineering.fb.com/security/fighting-spam-with-haskell/ https://engineering.fb.com/security/fighting-spam-with-haske...
    • codygman 6y ago
      > Sometimes I get the feeling that no one focuses on shipping actual software with Haskell. With just a modicum of effort you can easily disprove this feeling.