I'd say Elm is a mix of ML and Haskell (which is itself ML inspired)
ML:
: for type signatures
:: for cons
Strict evaluation
No typeclasses
(extensible) Records
Let-expressions instead of where statements
Haskell:
no mutable variables
Left to right notation for type constructors ("List a" instead of "a' List")
Naming of lots of std library functions (i.e. Maybe instead of Option)
Lambda notation, other syntax
On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 11:55 AM, 'Rupert Smith' via Elm Discuss <
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> Brilliant. When I was a student 20 years ago they made us learn ML and I
> used it for all my coursework, standard ML for my undergrad thesis and
> OCaml for my masters. I think I am going to like Elm a lot.
>
> On Saturday, July 30, 2016 at 3:29:51 PM UTC+1, Janis Voigtländer wrote:
>>
>> Yes. Mainly through the ML "dialect" OCaml.
>>
>> Am 30.07.2016 um 11:39 schrieb 'Rupert Smith' via Elm Discuss <
>> [email protected]>:
>>
>> Just looking at Elm for the first time, and have not really sunk my teeth
>> into it. I notice that its syntax and type system slightly resemble ML, has
>> the language ML been an influence on Elm?
>>
>> Rupert
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