📆 Daily Prompt [2026-04-03]: What is the most obscure programming language you know a little bit about?
https://kmcd.dev/prompts/2026-04-03/
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📆 Daily Prompt [2026-04-03]: What is the most obscure programming language you know a little bit about?
https://kmcd.dev/prompts/2026-04-03/
#Dailyprompt #writing #softwareengineering
@sudorandom Probably Mercury from University of Melbourne
Sadly the bits taken from Prolog are a bit too front and centre (eg in the syntax) which scares people off.
But it has a good type system (including Haskell-like type classes) and handles state-mutation and real-world modification much more cleanly and simply than the monad-like approach of Haskell (or bodges in other languages).
The Prolog-like logic-language features are actually not super useful (beyond the usual places they shine, like constraint solving. It's kinda sad in a way they've come to dominate how people see the language.