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I am sorry that Haskell and clojure people have to fight. You don't see me telling Clojure folks when and where to use the tools they enjoy working with. I th

by platz 7y ago

I am sorry that Haskell and clojure people have to fight. You don't see me telling Clojure folks when and where to use the tools they enjoy working with. I think Haskell is an excellent language for servers and API's. It really excels as a backend language. So, I'm sorry you think Haskell is only good for compilers, but I think the range of use cases it's good at is much broader than "Compilers". Haskell is best thought of as a better Java. I wouldn't select it for every problem, but server API's and backend work is a really good fit. Also I think Clojure is great. We can both co-exist in this world though. It is possible. It's unfortunate the OP picked on python - it's not the style of post that I would write.

mumblemumble 7y ago
I am sorry that you somehow think this has become a Haskell vs Clojure fight. Me, I actually use Haskell a lot more than I use Clojure, and generally think it's a great language with a lot to offer. But I also believe another very important thing: There is no silver bullet. Because I believe that, I am able to recognize that even the things I love have some limitations. And I don't believe that this should be a fight, and that is why I think I should be able to articulate what I have found to be the limitations of a tool, and acknowledge that some other tool that other people like might have something to offer in this area. Without being perceived as a hater for doing so.