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| January 3, 2007, 12:32 | |
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Gobliz
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For those of you who have ever tried a functional programming language (like Haskell, ML) I have the question.. was it easy to learn? why...or why not?
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| January 3, 2007, 17:44 | |
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Gobliz
一年 75 posts
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Did noone ever try it?
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| January 3, 2007, 18:00 | |
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Eckolin
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Not for game programming, at any rate...
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| January 3, 2007, 18:01 | |
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Rincewind
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Quoting Gobliz: Did noone ever try it? Not me. Isn't functional programming mathematics, and not very useful for game programming? Also on a lighter note: how's your Cap'n Jimbo Catfish game going?  [Edited on January 3, 2007 by Rincewind] ____________ Personal website: http://www.loijson.com |
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| January 3, 2007, 18:53 | |
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Gobliz
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No, I didn't mean for game development. Just in general. Because I have to hold a debate about, if functional programming is hard or easy for the average programmer. So I wanted to know your opinions. Cause I think nothing is ever too hard, you just have to put more time in it.
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| January 3, 2007, 19:33 | |
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PEader
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Quoting Gobliz: No, I didn't mean for game development. Just in general. Because I have to hold a debate about, if functional programming is hard or easy for the average programmer. So I wanted to know your opinions. Cause I think nothing is ever too hard, you just have to put more time in it. Does putting more time into not make it hard? Case in point; I can watch television without putting any or very little time into it but to use the internet I must first learn how a computer works which takes time ergo therefore etcetera using the internet is harder then using a television or do you have some other measure of how hard something is to do? Don't all languages use functional programming to a degree? Do you mean learning to use functions versus only using state? What would you classify as being easy? Fast? Not problematic? Could use previous knowledge? [Edited on January 3, 2007 by PEader] ____________ I see 57,005 people. |
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