Flix is an exciting new programming language which provides the power of strongly typed functional programming with the accessibility of “programmer friendly” languages like Go, Rust, or Ruby.
This article isn’t about Flix, though, it’s about Datalog, and the reason why Flix plus Datalog creates something greater than the sum of its parts.
I agree that this was the situation a while ago. But, recently, I've seen very encouraging signs that the wider programming community is waking up to the value of FP. Languages like Scala and Clojure, whatever else you think about them, will hopefully act as gateway drugs.
This article isn’t about Flix, though, it’s about Datalog, and the reason why Flix plus Datalog creates something greater than the sum of its parts.