Grain: A strongly-typed functional programming language for the modern web
1–10 of 156 posts
Re: Grain: A strongly-typed functional programming language for the modern web
#2anybody try it?
Re: Grain: A strongly-typed functional programming language for the modern web
#3Dart anybody?
Re: Grain: A strongly-typed functional programming language for the modern web
#4How does the example in Functions section show that function is first class citizen?
It is merely calling a function within another function. I would expect the second function to take in first function as a parameter (which JavaScript already has).
Re: Grain: A strongly-typed functional programming language for the modern web
#5The main page doesn't do a great job of showing what's interesting about Grain vs. JavaScript. The only hint is this: "No runtime exceptions, ever. Every bit of Grain you write is thoroughly sifted for type errors, with no need for any type annotations."
Maybe show some examples of errors Grain would catch that JavaScript wouldn't, like Elm does: http://elm-lang.org/
Re: Grain: A strongly-typed functional programming language for the modern web
#6The main page doesn't do a great job of showing what's interesting about Grain vs. JavaScript. The only hint is this: "No runtime exceptions, ever. Every bit of Grain you write is thoroughly sifted for type errors, with no need for any type annotations." Maybe show some examples of errors Grain would catch that JavaScript wouldn't, like Elm does: http://elm-lang.org/
I think the marketing page is not doing a great job. Grain is a language compiled to WebAssembly. So comparing it with either Javascript or Elm is pointless
Re: Grain: A strongly-typed functional programming language for the modern web
#7Dart anybody?
Dart is amazing
Re: Grain: A strongly-typed functional programming language for the modern web
#8Moderators: The title should have the WebAssembly in it to avoid confusion. This is not yet another language that compiles to Javascript.
Re: Grain: A strongly-typed functional programming language for the modern web
#9Dart anybody?
Grain is quite different. Grain is more functional (no classes or context, tuples). Dart compiles to Javascript. Grain compiles to web assembly. Dart requires you to define types. Grain provides type safety and zero runtime errors without ever defining types manually.
Re: Grain: A strongly-typed functional programming language for the modern web
#10The main page doesn't do a great job of showing what's interesting about Grain vs. JavaScript. The only hint is this: "No runtime exceptions, ever. Every bit of Grain you write is thoroughly sifted for type errors, with no need for any type annotations." Maybe show some examples of errors Grain would catch that JavaScript wouldn't, like Elm does: http://elm-lang.org/
I think the marketing page is not doing a great job. Grain is a language compiled to WebAssembly. So comparing it with either Javascript or Elm is pointless
> So comparing it with either Javascript or Elm is pointless
Why? They all target browsers. What else would you compare it to?