@MrMeritology I'd honestly say, work through Learn You a Haskel for Great Good is the best way to *learn* functional programming.
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@generativist We could hide Scala completely, which is what NetLogo does with Java. Or we could make it part of DSL, like Processing does.4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @MrMeritology
@MrMeritology And Scala's Dynamic class/compilation hack makes dsl's easy to write.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@generativist That is what I learned. If true, then we don't need our own parser.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @MrMeritology
@MrMeritology but scalac still emits things that are ladden with type-specific craziness if you dont know the langauge deeply sometimes1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@generativist Got it. We'd need to absorb all the Scala error messages, and create our own.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @MrMeritology
@MrMeritology That's why I tried pushing for it in#abm work. Traits/Mixins with chained composition is very productive1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@generativist You might be very interested in our library/platform. All agents are just containers of mutable capabilities.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @MrMeritology
@MrMeritology I recently started working in#julialang. Really well-designed.1 reply 2 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @generativist
@generativist Yup.#julialang has been on my radar for a while. But I have accepted that my dissertation & NSF project work is Java + MASON2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@MrMeritology Yea. I feel like I'm going out on a limb trying to do #julialang for my dissertation. It's v0.4!
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@generativist That's more risk than I want to take. I have enough risk related to my own choices and activities, thank you very much.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @MrMeritology
@MrMeritology Yea. If I'm honest with myself, it's prob more about my need (addiction?) for continuous novelty.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes - 1 more reply
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