Comment on Common Rust Lifetime Misconceptions (2020)parentComments−girvo2ySML is great, but I always suggest OCaml. Still my favourite language that I never get to write these days!−lmm2yFor practical programming I'd probably agree, but if the point is to learn a non-Algol way of thinking then I think SML is a better way to go; OCaml makes it easier to write imperative-style code, for better and for worse.−girvo2yYeah that's a fair point!
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SML is great, but I always suggest OCaml. Still my favourite language that I never get to write these days!
For practical programming I'd probably agree, but if the point is to learn a non-Algol way of thinking then I think SML is a better way to go; OCaml makes it easier to write imperative-style code, for better and for worse.
Yeah that's a fair point!