Haskell or Python!

[Paul Prescod]

Andrew Bromage wrote:
>
> .... 
> Existential types would fix that problem by generating the virtual
> method table at compile time for each existentially quantified type.
> The benefit is that you would only pay for the vtable it where you
> actually use it.  As I mentioned in a previous post, existentially
> quantified types are a proposed addition to the language.

The coolest thing about functional programming languages is the totally
inscrutable terminology. Monads, gonads and lambda -- oh my!

(one of these things is not like the others, one of these things just
does not belong, if you....)
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