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more mundane things Even the most reasonable of "Haskell people," the OP included, seem to have this built in condescension for programs that actually do thing

more mundane things Even the most reasonable of "Haskell people," the OP included, seem to have this built in condescension for programs that actually do things. Still waiting for the Haskell community to produce something non-mundane to justify all that. If there was just one example of something that clearly demonstrated the unique value of Haskell to non-category-theory-enthusiasts.

paultopia 9y ago
Pandoc? I've never looked into the code (because haskell might be even harder to read than to write), but it's the obvious example of something super useful that was written in Haskell...
nh2 9y ago
Where do you get that from? There are lots of practical Haskell projects that "do things": From web frameworks over window managers to cryptocurrencies, and also many commercial projects that are all but mundane and where nobody cares about category theory. You can also check out https://haskell-lang.org/libraries https://haskell-lang.org/libraries for some pretty practical documentation on libraries that Haskell programmers use to build programs that "do things".
wrs 9y ago
Of course Haskell programs do things...lots of things. Are you sure you're not being condescending to people who want their programs that do things to have a solid mathematical foundation as well?
matt_kantor 9y ago
Here are a few examples: - http://store.steampowered.com/app/458200/Rumpus/ http://store.steampowered.com/app/458200/Rumpus/ - https://postgrest.com/en/v4.3/ https://postgrest.com/en/v4.3/ - http://skedge.me/ http://skedge.me/ - http://darcs.net/ http://darcs.net/ - https://pandoc.org/ https://pandoc.org/ - https://git-annex.branchable.com/ https://git-annex.branchable.com/ Some lists with more: - https://wiki.haskell.org/Haskell_in_industry https://wiki.haskell.org/Haskell_in_industry - https://wiki.haskell.org/Haskell_in_practice https://wiki.haskell.org/Haskell_in_practice Also, a bunch of programming languages are implemented in Haskell.
- runeks 9y ago
  Also, https://chordify.net/ https://chordify.net/ is implemented using Haskell. I've used that a couple of times. Very useful (if you play music).
quickthrower2 9y ago
Haskell doesn't force types to be nullable. Nulls are the "billion-dollar" mistake - by introducing bugs in programs. That's just one example.

paultopia 9y ago

Pandoc? I've never looked into the code (because haskell might be even harder to read than to write), but it's the obvious example of something super useful that was written in Haskell...

nh2 9y ago

Where do you get that from? There are lots of practical Haskell projects that "do things": From web frameworks over window managers to cryptocurrencies, and also many commercial projects that are all but mundane and where nobody cares about category theory. You can also check out https://haskell-lang.org/libraries https://haskell-lang.org/libraries for some pretty practical documentation on libraries that Haskell programmers use to build programs that "do things".

wrs 9y ago

Of course Haskell programs do things...lots of things. Are you sure you're not being condescending to people who want their programs that do things to have a solid mathematical foundation as well?

matt_kantor 9y ago

Here are a few examples: - http://store.steampowered.com/app/458200/Rumpus/ http://store.steampowered.com/app/458200/Rumpus/ - https://postgrest.com/en/v4.3/ https://postgrest.com/en/v4.3/ - http://skedge.me/ http://skedge.me/ - http://darcs.net/ http://darcs.net/ - https://pandoc.org/ https://pandoc.org/ - https://git-annex.branchable.com/ https://git-annex.branchable.com/ Some lists with more: - https://wiki.haskell.org/Haskell_in_industry https://wiki.haskell.org/Haskell_in_industry - https://wiki.haskell.org/Haskell_in_practice https://wiki.haskell.org/Haskell_in_practice Also, a bunch of programming languages are implemented in Haskell.

runeks 9y ago
Also, https://chordify.net/ https://chordify.net/ is implemented using Haskell. I've used that a couple of times. Very useful (if you play music).

quickthrower2 9y ago

Haskell doesn't force types to be nullable. Nulls are the "billion-dollar" mistake - by introducing bugs in programs. That's just one example.