>>10
I know C and LISP. Do you really think I'd enjoy Lua? How about Haskell?
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Anonymous2009-06-05 11:10
oh and will factor make me write better code?
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Anonymous2009-06-05 11:25
>>12
Haskell is Ruby for functional programming. You can take that any way you want.
Lua is very easy to pick up, and writes a bit like a more-friendly Python (less irritating OO crap) with built-in tail call optimization. It's C interface is a lot nicer, too. For Q&D programs you write for yourself, it can't be beat. Everything is an associative array (table) in Lua, which may be weird at first but accomplishes just about everything you want to do anyway, and metatables give a lot of the benefits of OO without a lot of the overhead.
Haskell is Ruby for functional programming.
Could you elaborate on that? 8-)
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Anonymous2009-06-05 18:18
>>14 Haskell is Ruby for functional programming. You can take that any way you want.
Never used Ruby myself, but I think I know what you mean - a language for hipster faggots who try to be trendy and fit in.
>>34
At least with Haskell you don't get the painfully dumb hipster faggots.
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Anonymous2009-06-05 19:17
>>34
I never understood this stereotype about "hipster faggots" using Ruby. Are you referring to the Rails guys, or all Ruby users? I use Ruby because I genuinely believe it's nice, concise langauge for quick and dirty work, not because I want to fit into some clique.
>>37
People in /prog/ are very jealous of anyone who has a sense of style. They're all neckbeards. Yes, Ruby looks good on my Macbook screen. Deal with it, guys. And I'll tell you something about Starbucks: it's delicious.