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You're lucky enough if you can find a developer who knows mutable data structures outside of SF. If you want immutable ones you need to add a zero to their wage
by thrwayxyz 7y ago
You're lucky enough if you can find a developer who knows mutable data structures outside of SF. If you want immutable ones you need to add a zero to their wage.
Most shops aren't prepared for that.
- gilbetron 7y ago> You're lucky enough if you can find a developer who knows mutable data structures outside of SF. That's one of the most arrogant statements I've read on HN in quite a while. Nearly all developers know mutable data structures, it's bread and butter. Immutable ones aren't some exotic life form, it's just that using them effectively (read: efficiently) as mutable ones can be really tough, and leads to more complex code. You should maybe get out of SF for a bit.
- thrwayxyz 7y agoI am out of SF. The number of times I've seen people start trying to parse XML with regular expression tell me all I need to know about their ability to code.
- whateveracct 7y agoI've had random interns enter a purely functional codebase with 0 FP background. With a normal amount of onboarding, they were using immutable data structures with ease.
- namelosw 7y agoYou probably should take a visit to UK. Standard Chartered has been a Haskell shop for a long time. There are some others in London I think. And both England and Scotland have many universities teach Haskell. Let alone GHC and Idris were born in Scotland.