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functional programming language

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Paradigm
Multi-paradigm : functional , generic , imperative , interactive
Designed by
Robin Milner , others at the University of Edinburgh
First appeared
1973 ; 53 years ago ( 1973 )
Typing discipline
Inferred , static , strong

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1973-01-01
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ML (Meta Language) is the metalanguage developed for the Edinburgh LCF theorem prover in the 1970s. It is an early statically typed, functional language with polymorphic type inference in the Hindley–Milner style, and other features like exceptions and mutable variables. ML's design in LCF directly inspired the later ML family (notably Standard ML, Caml, and their derivatives) and influenced subsequent functional language development.

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