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You don't go lisping to make your CV look pretty. That doesn't help at all. On the contrary, it might be even damaging, as some discussions here on HN have show

You don't go lisping to make your CV look pretty. That doesn't help at all. On the contrary, it might be even damaging, as some discussions here on HN have shown in the past. If you're "looking for tools better able to solve specific problems", your best bet right now might be Python. It ain't pretty, but the momentum behind it is tremendous. Tons of libraries, books, how-to's and developers out there willing to help. From a practical point of view, you couldn't ask for more.

gabrielblack 7y ago
> You don't go lisping to make your CV look pretty. Look, I didn't write that. This is your affirmation. As I wrote, and I repeat, I think that being specialized to procedural/object languages, for some kind of problems that could be a limit. So I'm looking for different paradigms to change the way I approach problems. Now I have a limited time, how I should spend it ? Now, because I'm a professional programmer I would like something I can use and improve my CV. So what? > your best bet right now might be Python Again, its paradigm is a stereotype of other language I know. What's your problem ? Are you the author of the article ? Look, I think that the point of that article is "study Haskell, trust me", so it isn't an help for newcomers. I only express my opinion. The title is "Why Haskell is important" and I think it fails to explain the more important point that is "why". So, why ? Moreover, why Haskell and not F# or Erlang, for example ?