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Is that a jab at Haskell in the very first paragraph? > Today [Go] sits at position 12 on the Tiobe Programming > Language Index (Haskell sits at position 41)

by pansa2 6y ago

Is that a jab at Haskell in the very first paragraph? > Today [Go] sits at position 12 on the Tiobe Programming > Language Index (Haskell sits at position 41).

dddbbb 6y ago
One of the authors, Philip Wadler, contributed heavily to the design of Haskell. So I presume it's friendly joking.
frej 6y ago
Authors wants to bring types to where people are. Simply justifying their work.