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If this were the case, then explain StandardML which is vastly superior to Java and it's relatives in every conceivable way outside of a big corporation to push
by hajile 4y ago
If this were the case, then explain StandardML which is vastly superior to Java and it's relatives in every conceivable way outside of a big corporation to push it.
Even today, a large company like google would rather spend time with an inferior language like Go than work with SML.
- layer8 4y agoAvailable libraries are another factor. C and C++ can directly call all OS functions. Java very early had an extensive runtime library supporting networking, GUI programming, multithreading, collection classes, localization, date/time, etc.
- twoodfin 4y agoWhat’s the SML equivalent of the JVM?
- dleslie 4y agoWas there an SML implementation available for free on DOS and Windows in the 90s?
- pjmlp 4y agoKind of, Caml Light, Objective Caml's predecessor, was available. That was my introduction to ML universe. It wasn't SML, but close enough.