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Naturally, I looked for languages that combined both. Idris I simply could not wrap my head around (and might just be too obscure, even for me), and I found it too difficult to get into OCaml. I will probably try OCaml again later, maybe with ReasonML for more familiar syntax instead. Haskell is also on my "try later" list.
Lisp Scheme is dynamically, not statically, typed (Typed Racket, a similar language, can be statically typed though), which was a bummer and initially discouraged me from trying it. But it's simplicity and lack of bloat was compelling enough for me to give it a try. I'm glad I did. Again, writing in Scheme has been the most fun I've had programming in months, possibly years. Functional programming really is a different, more fun, and arguably better way to think about programming. Avoiding variable mutation and recursing instead of iterating is just... fun. Having the entire language reference as a 3.3 mb PDF is pretty neat too. And I haven't even written a macro yet!
Lisp Scheme is dynamically, not statically, typed (Typed Racket, a similar language, can be statically typed though), which was a bummer and initially discouraged me from trying it. But it's simplicity and lack of bloat was compelling enough for me to give it a try. I'm glad I did. Again, writing in Scheme has been the most fun I've had programming in months, possibly years. Functional programming really is a different, more fun, and arguably better way to think about programming. Avoiding variable mutation and recursing instead of iterating is just... wow. Having the entire language reference as a 3.3 mb PDF is pretty neat too. And I haven't even written a macro yet!
S-expressions (the name for all those parentheses) are really simple to understand, and everything in general is pretty simple to understand. Do a brief read of Scheme Programming, then TSPL4 for reference.