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When comparing SML vs Helium, the Slant community recommends Helium for most people. In the question“What are the best functional programming languages for programming beginners?” Helium is ranked 9th while SML is ranked 19th.
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Pros
Pro Interpreter supports defining functions
SML comes with a powerful code interpreter in which you can both define and use functions.
Pro Similar to both Bootstrap and Foundation
Pro Built with Sass + Compass
Pro Selectively responsive
Pro Grid
Cons
Con Functions can have side effects
For example, it's possible in SML to have a function that returns the sum of two numbers but which also does some printing in the middle. This makes it hard to whether a function has a side effect or whether it mutates some global state.
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