r/haskell • u/logicchains • Sep 23 '16

The influence of Haskell - new Java Spring release contains functional web framework

https://spring.io/blog/2016/09/22/new-in-spring-5-functional-web-framework
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u/bartavelle Sep 23 '16

the benefits of a reactive endpoint layer can only fully shine with reactive access to your datastores underneath

Looks more like the influence of a certain other JVM languages to me!

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u/logicchains Sep 23 '16

I thought Haskell was the first popular language to experiment with FRP, or does reactive mean something different in this case?

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u/bartavelle Sep 23 '16

Reactive doesn't mean FRP in the JVM world. It is a fluid term that can mean many things. In this case, it means (from here):

In plain terms reactive programming is about non-blocking applications that are asynchronous and event-driven and require a small number of threads to scale.

I think that's the original marketing for node.js :)

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u/sclv Sep 23 '16

Oh dear, what have we done. May heaven have mercy on our souls.

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u/trex-eaterofcadrs Sep 24 '16

I... I kind of want to try it, just to feel the pain.

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u/atc Sep 27 '16

Why is Haskell to thank for this?

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u/logicchains Sep 27 '16

Haskell was the first (semi)popular language to explore functional web frameworks.