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If the finance industry (which is similarly large-investment and high-risk) can begin to use functional programming for critical applications, then I can see ha
by btown 13y ago
If the finance industry (which is similarly large-investment and high-risk) can begin to use functional programming for critical applications, then I can see hardware moving towards it as well. If tools like Clash can be made to emit human-readable VHDL, I can see that as a path forward towards adoption.
- djcapelis 13y ago> If the finance industry (which is similarly large-investment and high-risk) can begin to use functional programming for critical applications then I can see hardware moving towards it as well I don't think these things are at all comparable. The finance industry is writing code to do software things. The hardware industry is writing code to build hardware. It is not just a matter of how much money and risk is involved, it's a matter of whether the language is a good mapping for the things it is describing.
- sitkack 13y agoThe finance industry is writing code for hardware to do financial things. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2424495,00.asp http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2424495,00.asp