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Some languages are just more fun and more productive to work with. There is no Golder Hammer, but there are jackhammers, and I'd sure as hell rather break throu
by michaelfairley 16y ago
Some languages are just more fun and more productive to work with. There is no Golder Hammer, but there are jackhammers, and I'd sure as hell rather break through a rock with one of those than a hammer.
- stcredzero 16y agoActually, there have been many Haskell programs winning programming contests. A lot of times, the programs are like 3X smaller and get finished long before non-Haskell competitors.
- snprbob86 16y agoLinks?
- stcredzero 16y agoGoogle
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- tmorgan 16y agohttp://icfpcontest.org/ http://icfpcontest.org/ although "functional programming" is in the name, any language can enter. lots of Haskell and other FP winners in there. Although in '08 a Java team won..
- tunaslut 16y agotrue, but sometimes, you don't have the jackhammer and have to improvise. c'est la vie :)