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1. shermantanktop ◴[01 Apr 25 15:00 UTC] No.43547600[source]▶

> Trivia: F# is the language that made the pipeline operator (|>) popular.

I’m not a dabbler in exotic languages, so this definition of “popular” was puzzling. I’ve literally never seen that operator before. Maybe I need to get out more.

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2. zdragnar ◴[01 Apr 25 15:13 UTC] No.43547773[source]▶

>>43547600 (TP) #

It exists in several similar languages such as elixir, and was even a proposal for ecmascript, but never really got traction.

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3. sundarurfriend ◴[01 Apr 25 17:08 UTC] No.43549163[source]▶

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I'm familiar with it via Julia, and I believe recent versions of R also have it.

4. WorldMaker ◴[01 Apr 25 17:09 UTC] No.43549183[source]▶

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It made it to Stage 2, which is some traction: https://github.com/tc39/proposal-pipeline-operator

It has been "stuck" at Stage 2 for a while, though.

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5. shermantanktop ◴[01 Apr 25 18:06 UTC] No.43549768{3}[source]▶

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Thanks for that link! Now I want pipe operators...

6. sdsd ◴[02 Apr 25 18:03 UTC] No.43559469[source]▶

>>43547600 (TP) #

I've used it in Racket, which is not exactly "popular" but common in universities as a teaching language. I actually built a fairly popular Tor hidden search engine in Racket nearly a decade ago, but I quickly shut it down when I ran some stats on the most common queries.

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Why F#?