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More if you're going to open source something that widely useful you should write it in a common language. Otherwise the public benefit to open sourcing it is
by nullwasamistake 7y ago
More if you're going to open source something that widely useful you should write it in a common language.
Otherwise the public benefit to open sourcing it is less. In this case, the project is almost as useful as binaries. It's unlikely that many will able to integrate into existing systems or even have the Haskell skills to work with it
- saghm 7y agoI guess I just have a fundamentally different view on open source than you. I don't see anything wrong with a company writing a tool in the way that is best for them given their current circumstances (e.g. skills of the team working on it) and then open sourcing it. The team that wrote this obviously felt that Haskell was their best choice for this project, and I don't begrudge them for open sourcing it just because it might not be useful for others.