Python, Clojure, Haskell: Factual Releases Drivers That Matter (opens in new tab)

(blog.factual.com)

53 pointsdirtyvagabond14y ago10 comments

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jonmarkgo14y ago· 4 in thread

Intentionally ostracizing entire developer communities is counter-productive. Where APIs are concerned, all hackers are created equal, regardless of language. That is, in my mind, the beauty of APIs - they can be accessed equally regardless of your chosen development environment or language.

prospero14y ago

I doubt they actually think a Haskell client is going to be one that "matters". It's a fun bit of software, take it for what it is.

Also, if you google "factual api", you get http://developer.factual.com/display/docs/Factual+Developer+... as the top result. Unless you're faulting them for not releasing wrappers in all languages simultaneously, I don't really understand your point.

jonmarkgo14y ago

Sorry, I didn't mean to say that they didn't have libraries available in other languages (they clearly state that they do in the blog post) - I was mostly just commenting on the tone of the post and how it might ostracize certain developer communities.

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dirtyvagabondOP14y ago

Thanks jonmarkgo, good point. Not intending to ostracize anyone here, in fact quite the opposite. Working hard to be as inclusive as we possibly can. 8-]

lucian190014y ago

How are they ostracising anyone? For each language, they are praising it, offering a nice idiomatic API library and following common distribution practice (PyPI, clojars, cabal).

scubaguy14y ago· 1 in thread

I've been impressed by the number of programming languages they support, especially the less main stream ones like Clojure. These guys also host many tech events in the LA area on all sorts of subjects. Kudos to them.

zackzackzack14y ago

If I remember correctly, Factual uses Clojure a fair amount. They have some functional nerds over there.

TY14y ago

Very interesting company and products. Here is a neat simple example in Python from the blog:

  from factual import Factual
  factual = Factual(YOUR_KEY, YOUR_SECRET)
 
  factual.table("places").search("sushi santa monica")

Anyone on HN uses Factual in their products?

scottjad14y ago

"Haskell is the king of purely-functional, lazy, statically-typed languages."

Add enough qualifiers and every language is the king of something.

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