From: Rob Rypka <rascal1182@...>
Date: 2005-09-20T01:46:26+09:00
Subject: Re: Language recommendations from ruby persons....

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On 9/18/05, Greg Lorriman <bogus@bogus.com> wrote:

> Yes, but why OCaml? Is it enjoyable? Learning curve...etc.., do you=20
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> have experience of it?
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OCaml was required for my Programming Languages class back in college. So,=
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from first hand experience, I can say it's fun (perhaps the most fun I'd ha=
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programming, until learning Ruby :-) ). A lot of other people in this class=
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did not share that opinion, but they're generally not the kinds of people=
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who learn a (programming) language for fun.

The learning curve is going to be the much same as with Haskell, as it's=20
functional (although not purely). You will have to learn to solve problems=
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in different ways than you are probably used to, but isn't that the point?

Rob

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