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Developers praise Gleam's approachable take on functional programming

Original: Gleam is really cool. It is absolutely a functional language, but it kinda feels like you’re doing functional-style prog

Programmers are discussing Gleam, a statically typed functional language that runs on the Erlang virtual machine. One widely shared take describes it as feeling like functional-style programming in JavaScript or TypeScript, backed by a simple ML-inspired type system, making proper functional programming feel surprisingly accessible.

Why now: Growing interest in Gleam as a beginner-friendly functional language is prompting developers to share their experiences.

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• Gleam is really cool. It is absolutely a functional language, but it kinda feels like you’re doing functional-style programming in JavaScript/TypeScript, but then you realize you’re actually doing proper FP with the backing of a wonderful (but very simple!) ML type system! If… · torb@hachyderm.io · 16

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