[Gllug] Trends in programming (was: long thread about anything)

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On 10/11/10 18:08, Walter Stanish wrote:
>>> Well call me impatient but I'd rather someone summarised those nuggets
>>> for me in a short blog post,
>>>        
>> Here's a few:
>> http://camltastic.blogspot.com/2008/09/what-can-ocaml-do-that-you-cant-do-in.html
>>      
> Followed a link there and learned that OCaml is derived from ML, which
> was itself invented by Robin Milner, a Turing award recipient and UK
> academic.
>
>    

Actually I've just read the listing of the libpcap decoder example from 
Rich's link and... it's quite nice isn't it? Note the blessed lack of 
bloody brackets everywhere. I can only just recognise it's ML heritage 
although, as noted, I wasn't enamoured enough really get into it 15 
years ago. Yes, it reads quite nicely doesn't it, and it promises to run 
fast, seems like there's a lot to like - I wonder if it's in the repos.

Damn it Walter, if this sets me off learning a new language for the pure 
hell of it my girlfriend is going to kill you!

Although maybe I could sell her on the long term efficiency savings?

Gah!

Roger


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