https://salmanfs.ca/tags/compilers/Recent content in Compilers on Salman's BlogHugoen-usMon, 27 Jul 2020 23:31:28 +0000https://salmanfs.ca/posts/haskell-is-awesome/Mon, 27 Jul 2020 23:31:28 +0000https://salmanfs.ca/posts/haskell-is-awesome/<p>I learned Haskell this semester. Haskell is a purely functional language. It offers programmers a different paradigm or approach to programming. It&rsquo;s a different perspective about what code should look like.</p> <h3 id="declarative-programming">Declarative Programming</h3> <p>Functional languages are a subset of declarative languages. These contrast with imperative languages. The idea behind imperative is to dictate to a computer how to perform the tasks that you want completed. In the declarative mindset, simply ask for the result that you want without explaining precisely how to achieve it.</p>