Pure employs the textual order which is often considered more intuitive and is also used in mainstream functional languages such as ML and Haskell. (The specificity order also has its advantages, however, and has actually been used with great success in languages such as Aardappel and Hope.)

On the surface, Pure looks similar to modern-style functional languages of the Miranda, ML and Haskell variety, but under the hood it is a much more dynamic language, with macros and reflective capabilities more akin to Lisp. Pure’s algebraic programming style probably appeals most to mathematically inclined programmers, but its interactive programming environment and easy extensibility also make it usable as a (compiled) scripting language for various application areas, such as graphics, multimedia, scientific, system and web programming.

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