New functional language for JVM builds on Haskell, Clojure, ML
Lux, a new Lisp-like functional language that runs on the Java Virtual Machine, has ambitions to pick up where similar languages leave off.
Currently in an 0.5 beta release, Lux claims that while it implements features common to Lisp-like languages, such as macros, they’re more flexible and powerful in Lux.
Inspiration takes many forms
Lux’s creators drew from three major sources—Haskell, Clojure, and ML—but Lux also differs from each of them.
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