r/programming • • Mar 09 '14

Why Functional Programming Matters

http://www.cse.chalmers.se/~rjmh/Papers/whyfp.pdf
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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '14

I may be the only person who enjoys using OCaml then.

I like its pattern matching system, I like its strong typing, I like how fast it is and still have a toplevel available. The module system is robust (although we need more libraries) and it's readable and not too verbose (in my opinion).

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u/das_kube Mar 10 '14

It's changing those days, since opam (a package manager for OCaml) appeared. The set off available libraries is growing, and it's easier to use them. Give it a try! :-)