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I love Haskell, but... Haskell is about as popular as SQL? That makes no sense.

by threepipeproblm 9y ago

arm85 9y ago
I noticed that too, I like haskell, but I don't believe it.
- threepipeproblm 9y ago
  SQL may be an outlier because not that many people refer to themselves as "programming in SQL". Conversely, there are plenty of weekend Haskellers who enjoy discussing it whenever possible.
  - hyperpallium 9y ago
    How can you tell someone is a Haskeller? Don't worry; they'll tell you.
Double_a_92 9y ago
In real live people dont care about functional programming...
- threepipeproblm 9y ago
  I believe that in your real life, they don't. In the bigger picture functional programming has made huge inroads. Facebook has a Haskell team whose product handles up to 1 million requests per second, and it's also in production at AT&T, Microsoft, Google, Barclays, New York Times and many smaller outfits. The other day I read about a Haskell-like language being used for high-speed, low-latency trading for a hedge fund. But there are probably at least 100x more SQL developers out there.
  - throwaway7645 9y ago
    Yea because almost all databases use SQL, and zillions of businesses use databases. FP is only a tiny subset of industry coding, but popular in academia and high profile companies.
  - Double_a_92 9y ago
    Because research teams at huge tech companies totally represent the "real life" of normal companies.
    - threepipeproblm 9y ago
      There are by far more small companies using Haskell & FP than large ones. I mentioned large companies because they are recognizable. So what is your point?
- adrianN 9y ago
  That's because functional programmers are living the dream.
dna_polymerase 9y ago
Is that how data works? "Oh it does not support my feelings so it must be wrong?!" Haskell is nice, granted, but not as popular as you might feel.
- TeMPOraL 9y ago
  I thing GP might have implied the reverse. SQL is to databases what JavaScript is to the web.
- hyperpallium 9y ago
  Pretty sure parent meant SQL is far more popular than Haskell, despite parent's love.

I love Haskell, but... Haskell is about as popular as SQL? That makes no sense.

arm85 9y ago

I noticed that too, I like haskell, but I don't believe it.

threepipeproblm 9y ago
SQL may be an outlier because not that many people refer to themselves as "programming in SQL". Conversely, there are plenty of weekend Haskellers who enjoy discussing it whenever possible.
- hyperpallium 9y ago
  How can you tell someone is a Haskeller? Don't worry; they'll tell you.

Double_a_92 9y ago

In real live people dont care about functional programming...

threepipeproblm 9y ago
I believe that in your real life, they don't. In the bigger picture functional programming has made huge inroads. Facebook has a Haskell team whose product handles up to 1 million requests per second, and it's also in production at AT&T, Microsoft, Google, Barclays, New York Times and many smaller outfits. The other day I read about a Haskell-like language being used for high-speed, low-latency trading for a hedge fund. But there are probably at least 100x more SQL developers out there.
- throwaway7645 9y ago
  Yea because almost all databases use SQL, and zillions of businesses use databases. FP is only a tiny subset of industry coding, but popular in academia and high profile companies.
- Double_a_92 9y ago
  Because research teams at huge tech companies totally represent the "real life" of normal companies.
  - threepipeproblm 9y ago
    There are by far more small companies using Haskell & FP than large ones. I mentioned large companies because they are recognizable. So what is your point?
adrianN 9y ago
That's because functional programmers are living the dream.

dna_polymerase 9y ago

Is that how data works? "Oh it does not support my feelings so it must be wrong?!" Haskell is nice, granted, but not as popular as you might feel.

TeMPOraL 9y ago
I thing GP might have implied the reverse. SQL is to databases what JavaScript is to the web.
hyperpallium 9y ago
Pretty sure parent meant SQL is far more popular than Haskell, despite parent's love.