Functional Languages

[karlson]

Does anyone use functional languages on Linux? I don't mean like an exercise but on day to day development.

[Queue29]

Uh yes, definitely. Although the use of functional languages in industry is perhaps more concentrated in certain areas like theorem proving rather than being general use, it's out there for sure. In fact, check out http://xmonad.org/ , an entire window manager written in haskell.

[terry_a_g]

Javascript.

[simeon87]

Javascript.

Javascript has features that are also found in functional programming languages but I would certainly not call Javascript a functional programming language.

[cgroza]

Haskell is a great one. It even has a packaging system, Cabal, written in Haskell.

[karlson]

Javascript.

Ok. I can see that. Although I wouldn't call it a functional language like Haskell, Erlang, or Dylan.


Haskell is a great one. It even has a packaging system, Cabal, written in Haskell.

That's fine but do you use it on a day to day basis.

[cgroza]

That's fine but do you use it on a day to day basis.
Only for math problems, hack my xmonad and project Euler. Anything else, Perl or Bash depending on the complexity.

[nvteighen]

That's fine but do you use it on a day to day basis.

There are some people using Common Lisp for very serious projects. Look at CLiki (http://www.cliki.net/index). Ok, Common Lisp is not pure-functional, but you can use it as a functional language without losing too much.

[Bachstelze]

http://book.realworldhaskell.org/read/

[karlson]

http://book.realworldhaskell.org/read/

Ok. I have already seen and read this but this is not what I was asking about...