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> I switched to Haskell + Emacs and never looked back. > If you're stuck on Windows, that's a damn good > development environment. Miles ahead of anything
by apl 16y ago
> I switched to Haskell + Emacs and never looked back.
> If you're stuck on Windows, that's a damn good
> development environment. Miles ahead of anything
> Microsoft could offer.
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/people/simonpj/ http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/people/simonpj/
Yeah, Microsoft has no clue what they're doing, man.
- skorgu 16y agoMicrosoft undoubtedly has a lot of smart people and a lot of fascinating research. They also have a serious problem turning that research expertise into shipped product.
- apl 16y agoSure, and they have that problem across the board. The Courier concept art is a fairly recent example. But a comment praising Haskell as an experience that Microsoft can't rival while 85% of the Haskell team are on Microsoft's payroll? Too tempting.