[HN Gopher] Standard ML Family
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       Standard ML Family
        
       Author : rdpintqogeogsaa
       Score  : 26 points
       Date   : 2022-04-16 19:55 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | sgeisenh wrote:
       | Standard ML is incredibly usable but also very small
       | (syntactically and semantically) especially compared with modern
       | algol-family languages.
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       | There are a couple of quality of life features missing (most
       | notably is record update syntax), but I really enjoy that the
       | core language has not changed in 25 years.
        
       | seanstrom wrote:
       | As a fan of ML family languages I have a question for SML lovers.
       | What do you typically build with SML?
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       | For context, I'm web programmer and I'm also learning game dev,
       | can I use SML productively?
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       | Or are there other tasks that I could use SML for?
        
         | csb6 wrote:
         | It is good at parsing/other compiler-related tasks. Basically
         | anything where you are working with tree structures I think can
         | be a good fit. It is also good as a way to learn about
         | functional programming.
        
       | eatonphil wrote:
       | It would be great to see Julian Hyde's Morel [0, 1] on this list
       | as well.
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       | And also WebML [2], SOSML [3], Bright-ML [4] (had to refresh my
       | memory from my 2020 post on the topic [5]).
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       | [0] http://blog.hydromatic.net/2020/02/25/morel-a-functional-
       | lan...
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       | [1] https://github.com/hydromatic/morel
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       | [2] https://github.com/KeenS/webml
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       | [3] https://github.com/SOSML/SOSML
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       | [4] https://github.com/elpinal/bright-ml
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       | [5] https://notes.eatonphil.com/standard-ml-in-2020.html
        
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