Ocaml，an Industrial-Strength Functional Programming Language
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Domain.spawn (fun _ -> print_endline "I ran in parallel")
Anyway, love the simplicity of this expression!
A high-quality library to try out is the Dream web framework: https://aantron.github.io/dream/
Pros:
1. High Performance with solid safety guarantees
2. Greatly improve developer productivity through advanced type features
3. Exceptional reliability for mission-critical systems
while I also have some concerns about it as well
Cons:
1. Steep learning curve with significant paradigm friction
2. Constrained ecosystem and limited career opportunities
I know like Kevin Kelly is a fan of such kind language like Lisp he mentioned in his book, out of control, which is my favorite one, but still, I dont like learning another new languages, yes, I am very lazy!