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		pjmlp 11 hours ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My fast zero-allocation webserver using OxCaml Depends on what one means as FP. When I learnt FP, the choice was between Lisp, Scheme, Miranda, Caml Light and Standard ML, depending on the assignment. Nowadays some folks consider FP === Haskell.

ttoinou 11 hours ago [–]

Even F# looks like good FP to me. But yes I expect something short in FP to clearly see the structure of the program, side effects, flow and data

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