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I'm getting started with functional programming, which language would you recommend? (self.programming)

submitted 2 months ago by lena to c/programming@programming.dev

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Specifically, I'm interested in BEAM, but I'm not sure if I should go for Elixir or Gleam. What seems cool about Gleam is that it has static typing.

I have no experience with functional programming at all btw

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[–] darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"Lisp is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you a better programmer for the rest of your days, even if you never actually use Lisp itself a lot." — Eric S. Raymond, How to Become a Hacker

[–] bitcrafter@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You misspelled Haskell.

[–] AbelianGrape@beehaw.org 1 points 2 months ago

Raymond's document does not, and I believe never has, mentioned Haskell.

I also disagree with him, given that it does recommend Java, but the quote is correct.