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I was trying to think why I found this so disturbing: "I simply have no ulterior motive or incentive against organized groups who have their livelihoods and PhD

I was trying to think why I found this so disturbing: "I simply have no ulterior motive or incentive against organized groups who have their livelihoods and PhDs based on Haskell." The thing is, it cannot be honest. A simple reflection, a Google search, e.g. http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&q=%22Don+Stewart%22+site:http://hackage.haskell.org/&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai= http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&a... and some time spent reflecting on the modules linked, will show that Don S. could make a far better 'livelihood' doing just about anything other than writing Haskell. The trouble you are faced with is this, that the only way to explain all of this is that he does these things because he thinks they are right and good, and for no other reason.

codexon 16y ago
He does it because he is biased towards something he has already spent years on his PhD candidacy and many hours on writing libraries already. If he completes his PhD, it is likely that he will try to get a Haskell job. Just because he wrote a thousand Haskell packages doesn't mean he is as suitable in another language. Sure he could probably be a C programmer, but his pay grade won't be as high as if he landed a Haskell job to take advantage of his experience and degree. That you cannot see this is because you also have the same bias as Dons.