I tried Gleam for Advent of Code
3 days ago
- #Advent of Code
- #Gleam
- #Functional Programming
- The author completed Advent of Code (AoC) using Gleam, a functional programming language, and found it highly effective.
- AoC was shorter this year (12 days instead of 25), but the puzzles were more engaging and challenging.
- Gleam's clean syntax, helpful compiler, and excellent error messages made it a great choice for AoC.
- The language's functional style, with features like pipes and echo for debugging, fit well with puzzle-solving.
- Gleam's list manipulation functions, such as list.transpose and list.combination_pairs, were particularly useful.
- The fold_until function was a standout feature, allowing for early exits in loops without hacks.
- Some challenges included file IO and regex not being in the standard library, and list pattern matching limitations.
- The author enjoyed using Gleam for AoC and is excited to try it in a real project, like writing a webserver.