Haskell (programming language)

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Haskell /ˈhæskəl/ is a standardized general-purpose purely functional programming language with non-strict semantics and strong static typing. It is named after logician Haskell Curry. In Haskell a function is a first-class citizen of the programming language. As a functional programming language the primary control construct is the function.

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designer

Philip Wadler, Paul Hudak, Simon Peyton Jones, John Hughes (computer scientist), Lennart Augustsson, Erik Meijer (computer scientist), Kevin_Hammond_(computer_scientist), Alastair_Reid_(computer_scientist), Mark_Jones_(computer_scientist), Warren_Burton_(computer_scientist), John_Peterson_(computer_scientist)

influenced

Java (programming language), LiveScript, Mercury (programming language), Python (programming language), Curry (programming language), C Sharp (programming language), Scala (programming language), Qi (programming language), Concepts (C++), Cayenne (programming language), Escher (programming language), Clean (programming language), Isabelle (proof assistant), Timber (programming language), Language Integrated Query, Ωmega, F Sharp (programming language), Agda (programming language), C++11, Bluespec Inc., Visual Basic .NET, Generics in Java, Quark Framework, Clojure, CoffeeScript, Frege (programming language), Elm (programming language), Perl 6, Epigram (programming language)

influenced by

Kent Recursive Calculator, Lisp (programming language), ML (programming language), Scheme (programming language), Hope (programming language), Id (programming language), Orwell (programming language), SISAL, Clean (programming language), Miranda (programming language), Standard ML, ISWIM, FP (programming language), Gofer (programming language), SASL (programming language)

latest release version

Haskell 2010