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If you have ethical concerns with this, but still love FP, just come over to OCaml. You get 80-90% of what you love about Haskell, and there is an established i
by dimitrios1 6y ago
If you have ethical concerns with this, but still love FP, just come over to OCaml. You get 80-90% of what you love about Haskell, and there is an established industry in many sectors. Big players here like Ahrefs, Jane Street, and, of course, Messanger and Facebook.
- gmfawcett 6y agoTezos uses Ocaml; doesn't the same argument apply? (I don't agree with the argument, personally, and I'm a big fan of Ocaml... I just don't see how it deserves an "ethical concern" exception here.)
- wmf 6y agoThe question would be what fraction of the OCaml community is paid by Tezos. If it's over half you may have a problem.
- gmfawcett 6y agoI would agree. :) Is that the case with Haskell? The OP only says that "some of the very founding contributors to Haskell itself" are deeply involved in this.
- dimitrios1 6y agoAnd the answer is, no where near half, maybe close to a couple percentage points, if that.
- dimitrios1 6y agoI am ignorant of the primary users of Tezos, but I imagine given it's low value relative to other coins, it isn't the prime target for black market deals, money launderers, and other criminals. I love Tezos, personally, and think it's one of the more technically superior blockchains, and can see it having a better chance than other stable coins of having broad applicability to more than one or two industries.
- twic 6y agoIf you have ethical concerns, adopt the language used by an SEO consultancy, a hedge fund, and Facebook? (i know Jane Street isn't actually a hedge fund, but how many people here know what a prop shop is?)
- dimitrios1 6y agoYou're right. Let's all abandon our frivolous jobs, live in a communal and sing kumbayah around the 100% eco-friendly heat source, congratulate ourselves for abolishing the evils of capitalism, and stand in our bread lines.