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Long and detailed discussion, including original participants, on Reddit, http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/crgxs/do_i_really_want_to_be_using_a_lang
by dons 16y ago
Long and detailed discussion, including original participants, on Reddit, http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/crgxs/do_i_really_want_to_be_using_a_language_where/ http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/crgxs/do_i_real...
My take away:
* The Haskell culture is to take questions seriously
* In doing so, the literature will be cited where appropriate
* Some people get turned off by research papers
In this case, the guy asked a fairly profound question, and received a long, friendly answer, which included references to the literature.
Also, it plays on a stereotype, hence all the upvotes.
- swannodette 16y agoRich Hickey about this thread from the ML - Everyone, please refrain from language wars. Haskell is a tremendously ambitious and inspiring language, for which I have the highest respect. There is zero point in bashing it (or its users) in this forum.
- jrockway 16y agoBut Haskell users picked the wrong religion! God won't like us anymore if we don't bash all other languages! (And is it really "bash" when you accuse the users of being too smart?)