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> I think there's too little agreement in this thread about what "cheaper" and "real problem" mean. I certainly find that Haskell "more cheaply" (i.e. with less
by catnaroek 11y ago
> I think there's too little agreement in this thread about what "cheaper" and "real problem" mean. I certainly find that Haskell "more cheaply" (i.e. with less mental burden) allows me, as an individual, to write programs more easily. Whether that observation scales to everyone is a very hard question to answer.
I think he was talking in monetary terms. And this is a useful point of view. While Haskell's beauty makes writing Haskell its own reward for some (at least me), from a practical point of view, we ought to ask ourselves «Can we actually turn Haskell's elegance into a business competitive advantage?» And, then, there's a reason why I don't run a business...
- tome 11y ago> I think he was talking in monetary terms. I think so too, but even then there are a lot of unanswered questions. > from a practical point of view, we ought to ask ourselves «Can we actually turn Haskell's elegance into a business competitive advantage?» And, then, there's a reason why I don't run a business... I do run a business and do believe that Haskell gives me a competitive advantage, of a sort. The interesting question is not whether this is true, but in what precise sense it is true.
- catnaroek 11y ago> I do run a business and do believe that Haskell gives me a competitive advantage, of a sort. Wow, nice! :-)