Category:Ela

Ela is a high-level functional language. Ela supports both strict and non-strict evaluation but is strict by default. Ela has an ML-style syntax with several features borrowed from Haskell (where-bindings, function definition by pattern matching, etc.). Ela is an impure functional language and provides a support for side effects. However it is primary oriented towards pure functional programming styles. Features supported by Ela include first class functions, pattern matching, lazy evaluation, variants. Ela runs on its own virtual machine but currently requires .NET or Mono.