- a REPL so you can easily play around with code you have just written
- a type system that's really useful for catching bugs
- imperative programming is relatively easy
I find myself becoming more and more productive. I will have to see if writing a little server for JSON web API sitting behind nginx is feasible - currently using ruby for that.
It really hits a sweet spot for me:
- fast executables
- fast compile times
- very expressive
- good standard library in 'Core'
- a REPL so you can easily play around with code you have just written
- a type system that's really useful for catching bugs
- imperative programming is relatively easy
I find myself becoming more and more productive. I will have to see if writing a little server for JSON web API sitting behind nginx is feasible - currently using ruby for that.