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> Honestly this sentiment from the Haskell community that Haskell is somehow bizarre and impenetrable to outsiders They’re not inventing that from thin air. I
by empath75 7y ago
> Honestly this sentiment from the Haskell community that Haskell is somehow bizarre and impenetrable to outsiders
They’re not inventing that from thin air. I can understand Haskell with a great deal of effort, but it certainly requires a great deal of effort.
My wife is a non-programmer. She knows nothing about code. I could explain what the go code I write does in a few minutes and she could follow it with a minimum of hand waving. I don’t think I could explain any non trivial Haskell code in hours to even professional programmers
- mbrodersen 7y agoI have explained Haskell code in a few minuts to professional programmers and they got it. It took a bit longer to explain monads but it wasn't hours.
- mbrodersen 7y agoI have tried to teach C# to a smart non-programmers friend. That was really really hard. The idea of OO/classes just blew his mind.