haskell

haskell

1. purely functional programming language

2. inmutable variables

3. referential transparency

4. Program = series of transformations on data.

   • shorter than imperative
     • easier to maintain
     • have less bugs.

5. statically typed

6. has type inference

7. getting started ?

   • editor
   • compiler
     • GHC
       • :l
         • load a .hs file
       • ghci
         • :set prompt "ghci>
           • interactive mode
       • :r
         • reload a .hs file
       • let a = 1
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