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Hello

Does anyone know of a PD version of Miranda for Linux.

If not how about a similar functional programming language
I have heard of a FPL called GOPHER for DOS, which should
almost be identical to Miranda, but I cannot seem to find
it anywhere

Thanks
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Quote:>Hello
>Does anyone know of a PD version of Miranda for Linux.
>If not how about a similar functional programming language
>I have heard of a FPL called GOPHER for DOS, which should
>almost be identical to Miranda, but I cannot seem to find
>it anywhere

It's available for ftp at your own department (among lots of other
places): sources in
        ftp.diku.dk:/pub/languages/gofer/gofer2.28.tar.Z
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   Does anyone know of a PD version of Miranda for Linux.

I don't believe there is any such beast.  My understanding is that
Miranda is a proprietary language.

   If not how about a similar functional programming language
   I have heard of a FPL called GOPHER for DOS, which should
   almost be identical to Miranda, but I cannot seem to find
   it anywhere

Check /pub/linux at the anonymous ftp site ftp.dcs.gla.ac.uk for
Linux ports of several function languages.

        LML/Haskell B (version 0.999.5)
        SML (New Jersey)
        gofer

I believe that Haskell is probably the closest to Miranda (take this
with a pinch of salt since I haven't actually seen Miranda).  Gofer is
Haskell-like but uses a different type-system and is a little more
light-weight.  All functional languages tend to be memory pigs and you
probably need 16MB for Haskell and SML to run well under Linux.  They
will run with smaller amounts of memory (I have run the Haskell
interpreter on my 6MB machine and am downloading the new version as I
write) but you will need lots of patience.  Gofer is probably your
best bet if you have a small amount of memory and you aren't
interested in ad-hoc polymorphism.

        Chris Flatters

Quote:>Hello
>Does anyone know of a PD version of Miranda for Linux.

Miranda ist commercial software, you can't get it for free.

Quote:>If not how about a similar functional programming language
>I have heard of a FPL called GOPHER for DOS, which should
>almost be identical to Miranda, but I cannot seem to find
>it anywhere

It's called "gofer", you should ask archie to locate it.

Kai
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