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> This actually is pretty ugly. What precisely is "this"? From my point of view at best it's calling out FUD and an unsupported claim sold as obviously true.

> This actually is pretty ugly. What precisely is "this"? From my point of view at best it's calling out FUD and an unsupported claim sold as obviously true. It's not abuse to challenge unsupported claims and call them what they are. That sort of attitude cultivates horrible horrible things... One example being science denial. > I'll change my mind with evidence. You have provided precisely none. Your initial claim had previously no evidence. Others provided evidence and your responses have me no confidence that spending energy changing your mind was/is worth it.

harry8 6y ago
I am not a corporation marketing something. I am a person. I am raising a point. There are more monad tutorials than applications by an order of magnitude. This seems interesting to me. If it doesn't meet your marketing neeeds and you need to start calling people names maybe HN isn't for you. The evidence of many and varied haskell applications is very, very, very thin. I wish it wasn't. You clearly do too. Great, we agree on that. Learn haskell it's good fun. It's interesting. Do not expect to write successful applications in haskell because the evidence points elsewhere. But sure, link your repos of actual applications. Please. Not marketing pages. Actual applications. Code. The goalposts are: Why is haskell so very much less successful in applications than any other language with as many people who have learnt it. Including me and you. Git Annexe. There's another good one. There are some. Just not many. Where are the rest? This author has stated clearly he seeks to address this. So it seems like something sensible people can discuss. This is apparently more difficult than it should be. Calling people names suggests you know there's a real problem here that you wish wasn't. I'd suggest working on that problem. For a successful technology reality must take precedence over public relations. I will change my mind with evidence. collate the list, see how compelling it is or isn't. Or just call people names so we can be clear on what isn't.

harry8 6y ago

I am not a corporation marketing something. I am a person. I am raising a point. There are more monad tutorials than applications by an order of magnitude. This seems interesting to me. If it doesn't meet your marketing neeeds and you need to start calling people names maybe HN isn't for you. The evidence of many and varied haskell applications is very, very, very thin. I wish it wasn't. You clearly do too. Great, we agree on that. Learn haskell it's good fun. It's interesting. Do not expect to write successful applications in haskell because the evidence points elsewhere. But sure, link your repos of actual applications. Please. Not marketing pages. Actual applications. Code. The goalposts are: Why is haskell so very much less successful in applications than any other language with as many people who have learnt it. Including me and you. Git Annexe. There's another good one. There are some. Just not many. Where are the rest? This author has stated clearly he seeks to address this. So it seems like something sensible people can discuss. This is apparently more difficult than it should be. Calling people names suggests you know there's a real problem here that you wish wasn't. I'd suggest working on that problem. For a successful technology reality must take precedence over public relations. I will change my mind with evidence. collate the list, see how compelling it is or isn't. Or just call people names so we can be clear on what isn't.