Re: [stack] Re: Joy noob checking in!

Duke Normandin scripsit:

> I've reading all I can about Miranda these last few days (as well as
> looking at Joy). I'm sure liking Miranda! Dead (dog-go) community
> though.  Research Software Ltd and http://miranda.org.uk appear to be
> comatose to boot.

Miranda (a trademark of Research Software Ltd.) suffers from the usual
problem of languages that the inventor tries to keep proprietary: death.

Now that we're outside the concatenative space, let me add my
recommendation for Pure, an impure eager functional programming language,
at <pure-lang.googlecode.com>.  It's based on general equational term
rewriting, of which lambda calculus (which is fully supported) is just
a subset.  It's also dynamically typed, has a fairly active ecosystem
considering how new it is, and emphasizes practical applications.

> Interesting as well! My interest would be only in context of *nix or
> MacOS X. ;)

F# runs fine on Mono, and Mono runs fine on Mac OS X using MacPorts.

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