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by thesz 670 days ago
The "Go of functional languages" title should go to Haskell.

The Haskell's STM and channels implemented in it allow for most (or all) of the Go "select" statement, but in a library, not language.

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Go prioritizes simplicity and pragmatism which is much more like OCaml than Haskell.

Haskell is more like a Rust of FP. But Rust is also much more pragmatic than Haskell.