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Replies for: Hi, thanks for your reply. Can you elaborate about how Elm is safer from Haskell?

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DrBearhands • • Edited
  • Elm's functions are nearly total (you still get the halting problem). Haskell's are not.
  • Elm doesn't allow you or 3rd parties to sneak in side-effects somewhere.
  • Elm doesn't allow unsafe casting.
  • TEA is more limited than IO monads.