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How easy is it to hire Haskell programmers

29 points by badri 16y ago

iuygtfnh 16y ago
Should be an easy function - if you don't want them to have side-effects
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mononcqc 16y ago
> (Well, in case of these two, better to check that person has some grasp of static typing :)) http://www.erlang.org/doc/reference_manual/typespec.html http://www.erlang.org/doc/reference_manual/typespec.html http://web.mit.edu/drscheme_v42/.share.sun4x_510/plt/doc/ts-reference/index.html http://web.mit.edu/drscheme_v42/.share.sun4x_510/plt/doc/ts-... Shouldn't be that hard. It's not because the language is dynamic that it doesn't support static types ;)
- chc 16y ago
  The fact that there are extensions to those languages to add static typing still doesn't establish much of a correlation between "knows this language" and "groks static typing." There are lots of very proficient Schemers who have never used Typed Racket.
  - mononcqc 16y ago
    Yes, my comment wasn't meant to be totally serious. If static typing extensions were really used by everyone using Racket and/or Erlang, I wouldn't even have had to link to the extensions to begin with :)
- kunjaan 16y ago
  Update: It's Typed Racket which is available here - http://docs.racket-lang.org/ts-reference/index.html http://docs.racket-lang.org/ts-reference/index.html
ionfish 16y ago
The whole thread is worth reading. http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2010-July/thread.html#79673 http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2010-July/thre... http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2010-July/thread.html#79673 http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2010-July/thre...
- gtani 16y ago
  about as easy as hiring scala programmers, i figure... Hey, haskell's up to #14 in github league table: http://github.com/languages/Haskell http://github.com/languages/Haskell
artsrc 16y ago
How easy is it to hire good programmers? It is easier to hire good Haskell programmers because people who choose Haskell are interested in what they are doing.

29 points by badri 16y ago

iuygtfnh 16y ago

Should be an easy function - if you don't want them to have side-effects

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mononcqc 16y ago

> (Well, in case of these two, better to check that person has some grasp of static typing :)) http://www.erlang.org/doc/reference_manual/typespec.html http://www.erlang.org/doc/reference_manual/typespec.html http://web.mit.edu/drscheme_v42/.share.sun4x_510/plt/doc/ts-reference/index.html http://web.mit.edu/drscheme_v42/.share.sun4x_510/plt/doc/ts-... Shouldn't be that hard. It's not because the language is dynamic that it doesn't support static types ;)

chc 16y ago
The fact that there are extensions to those languages to add static typing still doesn't establish much of a correlation between "knows this language" and "groks static typing." There are lots of very proficient Schemers who have never used Typed Racket.
- mononcqc 16y ago
  Yes, my comment wasn't meant to be totally serious. If static typing extensions were really used by everyone using Racket and/or Erlang, I wouldn't even have had to link to the extensions to begin with :)
kunjaan 16y ago
Update: It's Typed Racket which is available here - http://docs.racket-lang.org/ts-reference/index.html http://docs.racket-lang.org/ts-reference/index.html

ionfish 16y ago

The whole thread is worth reading. http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2010-July/thread.html#79673 http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2010-July/thre... http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2010-July/thread.html#79673 http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2010-July/thre...

gtani 16y ago
about as easy as hiring scala programmers, i figure... Hey, haskell's up to #14 in github league table: http://github.com/languages/Haskell http://github.com/languages/Haskell

artsrc 16y ago

How easy is it to hire good programmers? It is easier to hire good Haskell programmers because people who choose Haskell are interested in what they are doing.