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Functional Languages Under .NET/CLR

Posted by Hemos on from the fuel-for-the-fire dept.

Numen writes "With all the talk of .NET being thrown about there is a common factor occuring through many discussions, namely the claim that .NET will be unable to address functional and logic languages such as Prolog and LISP. To this end I would like to drawn peoples' attention to two resources, that shown how this may well be a non-issue, and to ask, does this change anybodies mind? "

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  1. Mondrian for .NET by cdmoyer · · Score: 4, Informative

    Another good example, as covered in Dr. Dobbs last issue, is Mondrian. You can read a paper about it here(it's a PDF). You can download the compiler and view documentation at the mondria-script web-site.

    Here's a blurb from Dr. Dobbs:
    Mondrian is a modern, purely functional language specifically designed to leverage the possibilities of the .NET Framework.

    --
    /* CDM */
  2. Haskell by hoggy · · Score: 5, Informative
    Given that one of the main brains behind Haskell now works for Microsoft Research and has always been a strong proponent of FP on commercial platforms - I'd be surprised as heck if the Glorious Haskell Compiler wasn't targetting .NET real soon.

    I took a look around and found this link to a guy called Don Syme at Microsoft Research who appears to be working on just this.

    There's also the Mondrian project, which implements Haskell.