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> If there are approximations

And approximations are not math all of the sudden?

> definitely like to use less math

Is your point that they would rather work less than more? Easier than harder? Cus that is not very relevant and applies to every kind of work.

Or less math and more something else that you hand wave so hard it is not clear what it might be?




>> If there are approximations

> And approximations are not math all of the sudden?

The context was Haskell versus OCaml, so yeah — Haskell is the more academic, pure math. Ocaml (in this context) is the more approximate, but more practical option for larger projects. In practice people use things like C and Python because spherical cows are close enough.


Ok, you are another person in this chain who decided to just drop "more practical" and call it a day. Why bother.

It is especially funny in the thread about OCaml getting soon (2022 maybe) multicore support. Something this less practical ivory tower Haskell had before it was even cool.


Python still has GIL and it's definitely more practical and widely adopted.




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