🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <Bz39Dy.HIC@dcs.ed.ac.uk>, mikef@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Mike Fourman) writes:
|> In article <dt4.723949863@persimmon>, dt4@persimmon.ucsb.edu (David E. Goggin) writes:
|> 
|> > functional languages.  I am wondering whether everyone out there
|> > believers that Miranda is the BEST functional language?
|> 
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|> No,   ** ML is THE BEST. **
|>       *********************
|> 
|> Really, the question is ambiguous. If you want to develop an application in
|> a functional language, I believe ML provides the best available combination 
|> of rigorous language design and reliable, efficient compilers.

Really! Come on guys! Be serious now! There are several other languages (systems)
available being at least as good (rigorous,efficient,reliable,...) as this old
(nasty ;-) grandpa ML .... even (or especially) in scotland  ;-))))

|> 
|> If you want to teach lazy evaluation (for example) ML might not be your first
|> choice ;-)
|> 
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