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From the article: "My conclusion is that there are major, well-justified reasons for why people strongly dislike functional languages. The hypothesis I aim to t
by asyd 4y ago
From the article: "My conclusion is that there are major, well-justified reasons for why people strongly dislike functional languages. The hypothesis I aim to test with a new programming language is: By making different tradeoffs, these issues can be mitigated and a more broadly-appealing functional language can be built. With such a language, I hope that the true promise of functional programming for parallel computing can be widely realized."
It's a laudable aim, and I wish you all the best with it. A new language with it's own 'zen', similar to the 'zen of python' but with a functional flavour, is something I'd love to see, and I think it'd do well.
Is there something I can read that's a little more specific about the "different tradeoffs" you have in mind?
- bslatkin 4y agoThank you. I think you've basically summarized the approach! If you have any specific guidance to that end please send me an email or DM with details :)