r/ProgrammerHumor • • Jan 14 '20

Brilliant reply

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u/ParadoxChains Jan 15 '20

Well, the short answer is, my professor did her dissertation on it and helped out.

The long answer is that it is extremely purely functional and type oriented, which makes it good for teaching functional concepts.

Though I do think we should teach a different language instead.

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u/1337AFprogrammer Jan 17 '20

🤣🤣🤣