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0 pointsmananaysiempre1y ago0 comments

Same as the rest of the ML family then.

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Nah, Elm doesn't need the rec keyword and could be argued to be a ML descendant

Same as the rest of the functional languages, even.

My first functional language was Haskell, which essentially only has a letrec, so afterwards I’ve always viewed everybody else’s approach as a bit peculiar :) Fair point that it’s the Lisp way too.

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mjaniczek1y ago

Nah, Elm doesn't need the rec keyword and could be argued to be a ML descendant

bunderbunder1y ago

Same as the rest of the functional languages, even.

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