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by pepper_sauce 8y ago
I would argue Clojure gets close to it, especially in combination with Meander [0], a lib for declarative/functional data transformation. Unfortunately, I don't know if Meander is used in any production systems. [0] https:/&
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by pepper_sauce 8y ago
The definition of liberal in North America is different to the rest of the world. Liberal is not left wing or socialist elsewhere. And to confuse matters further, I imagine GP is saying 'left wing' and 'socialist' in NA
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by pepper_sauce 8y ago
What's your definition of "low level"? You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means
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by pepper_sauce 8y ago
Really though, I felt similarly to OP until I read On Lisp[0] and Let Over Lambda[1]. They are chock full of explicit examples. You can only learn so much from StackOverflow questions and Quora answers. I also hear good things about Paradig
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by pepper_sauce 8y ago
One example that I feel most devs can appreciate is the elimination of "boilerplate" code. How often in your non-macro language do you find yourself repeating the same lines of code with minute differences? Think about JavaScript
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by pepper_sauce 8y ago
I don't think that holds, given the potential scale and severity of memory safety bugs in systems programming. I'm not saying Rust is the right answer but not paying attention to, or worse, putting our heads in the sand, when it c
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by pepper_sauce 8y ago
JavaScript is surpassing everything. The world is a cold, dark place.
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by pepper_sauce 8y ago
+1 Rust, but be warned: the learning curve is high. I work with similar language to you and Rust not only sheds light on low level concerns and safety, but also has an excellent type system. Programming Rust by Blandy and Orendorff, the onl
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by pepper_sauce 8y ago
If you're in the EU, read up on PSD2. It's opening up payments significantly.