Comment on James Gosling: Why I Quit OracleparentComments−rbanffy15y> I would use something like typed racket or haskell for all the critical parts to increase safetyI am not sure about Haskell, but, from my limited experience, Erlang runs at levels very close to C (my C, at least)−davidw15yIn terms of speed? Erlang's not even in the ballpark that C is in. I'm pretty sure Haskell significantly outperforms Erlang as well.http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32/which-programming-lang...−rbanffy15yWell... At least my C is regarded as very readable ;-)
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> I would use something like typed racket or haskell for all the critical parts to increase safety
I am not sure about Haskell, but, from my limited experience, Erlang runs at levels very close to C (my C, at least)
In terms of speed? Erlang's not even in the ballpark that C is in. I'm pretty sure Haskell significantly outperforms Erlang as well.
http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32/which-programming-lang...
Well... At least my C is regarded as very readable ;-)