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I'm actually interested in Haskell now after I learned an interesting crypto startup called Cardano uses it and stakes (pun intended) its success on it. They to

by leke 6y ago

I'm actually interested in Haskell now after I learned an interesting crypto startup called Cardano uses it and stakes (pun intended) its success on it. They toute the safety and maintainability for their choice, claiming it's the language of choice for banking institutions (if my memory serves me correctly). Found the video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CffrvwIW0JY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CffrvwIW0JY I'm currently a web developer, but the blockchain scene is quite interesting. Especially these new smart contracts look quite easy to play around with.

christiansakai 6y ago
I believe Cardano will re-ignite the interest in Haskell.
lelanthran 6y ago
> They toute the safety and maintainability for their choice, claiming it's the language of choice for banking institutions So is COBOL. Doesn't mean anything, really. Bankers' choices in tech probably has nothing to do with ideological/purity issues in software development.
- exdsq 6y ago
  It's to do with the ability to formally reason about the code using formal methods/verification etc...
agumonkey 6y ago
IIUC there's another crypto/dapp thing, but in ocaml. I guess safe and fast fp appeals to distributed finance.
- longngn 6y ago
  It's Tezos