Re: [Boost-users] [Phoenix] Review: Documentation

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [Phoenix] Review: Documentation
From: Frank Mori Hess (frank.hess_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-09-29 17:07:45

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On Monday 29 September 2008 16:56 pm, Zeljko Vrba wrote:
> The best way to understand the purpose of Phoenix is, IMHO, to have some
> first-hand experience with a true functional programming language with
> type-inference and first-order functions, such as SML.  I'm not sure that
> any amount of writing can replace direct experience.  (And I'm not sure
> either that one should try to learn FP concepts with a hybrid solution that
> C++ and Phoenix is.)

Are functional programmers who are forced to use C++ (for whatever reason) 
really the primary audience for Phoenix?  And trying to provide a new tool 
to "normal" C++ programmers is not worth the trouble?  It seems like that 
would give Phoenix a pretty limited audience.  I certainly wouldn't bother 
learning a FP language just so I could come back and understand Phoenix.
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