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by progman 4257 days ago
Thanks a lot for these infos! Unfortunately F# is .NET only. Linux requires Mono for installation which means a lot of dependencies. I prefer small efficient solutions (Nimrod for instance). OCaml works out of the box on my system.
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ZenoArrow 4257 days ago
OCaml is nice too, it's just not for me. If you like OCaml you should definitely check out Mirage OS, it will fit into your small efficient systems ethos nicely... http://www.openmirage.org/
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CmonDev 4257 days ago
Rare language has both .Net and JVM support, probably only Clojure now. On the upside you can build iOS and Android apps using F# plus many other gaming platforms.
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ZenoArrow 4257 days ago
Clojure is far from the only language that supports both the JVM and CLR. I had a long reply ready, but I lost it. Off the top of my head the languages that have support on both (aside from Clojure) are; Python, Ruby, JavaScript, Java (though J# is being depreciated), Scheme, Common Lisp, PHP, Perl 6, Prolog, Pascal, Ada. I might be missing some.
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CmonDev 4256 days ago
That's impressive, but I kind of dismissed some of them as scripting languages.
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