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by dualogy 3164 days ago
> Another use case is implementing actual functional programming

I remember our chat 8 months earlier on Reddit about this: https://www.reddit.com/r/functionalprogramming/comments/5ufm...

Yeah. You're still aiming for "functional programs encoded as (essentially) s-expressions but written in JS-Object-Notation (JSON) instead of LISPy parens". And that's still fine if you see that as a major leap forward. Not sure about the audience, those who want to "functionally program a mobile quasi-native APP that can self-update from a server" and know what the "functionally program" part means, wouldn't they reach for JS via React Native? Same selling points implicit already. Is it for those who never programmed but are expected to declaratively express functional idioms in your JSON notation without needing to install all sorts of dev tools and SDKs? Not entirely implausible at all I guess. Curious to see who will end up as your target audience. =)