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There's a big difference between Haskell and F#. I like F# because I can get messy and impure if I want to. I've only written a little Haskell but it seems ve

There's a big difference between Haskell and F#. I like F# because I can get messy and impure if I want to. I've only written a little Haskell but it seems very much the opposite - its has to be perfect or else it doesn't even compile. Businesses generally aren't looking for perfect code. They want code that does the job well enough, that others can maintain, and they want it done fast. Haskell doesn't seem great for that, the people who can actually crank it out fast/well enough seem quite few in number. In most cases, as a business, you don't want to have an IQ minimum of 140 for people to be able to maintain and extend your code (exception for safety critical software of course). F# has the potential to be suitable for more businesses, the skill floor is lower, and when the going gets tough you can just take on the technical debut and f**ing hack it - and someone else will be able to understand the hacks.

roguas 5y ago
I would disagree, but only a bit. >Businesses generally aren't looking for perfect code. Mostly you don't want that, but there are a few industries where its jackpot. For instance building some state control engine for rockets etc. Also Haskell does not force you to write perfect code, but forces you to write code that is considering all the possible outcomes, so even if you handwave some stuff it will be pretty clear to everyone reading you handwaved some stuff.
- golemarms 5y ago
  > For instance building some state control engine for rockets etc. Just out of curiosity: are there companies actually writing mission-critical code in a Haskell? My impression is that those normally tend to get written in C++ and the like.
  - tome 5y ago
    > Ogma, a new open-source NASA tool, written in Haskell, to generate hard-realtime C runtime monitoring applications from high-level specifications https://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/r80djm/ann_nasas_ogma/ https://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/r80djm/ann_nasas_o...

roguas 5y ago

I would disagree, but only a bit. >Businesses generally aren't looking for perfect code. Mostly you don't want that, but there are a few industries where its jackpot. For instance building some state control engine for rockets etc. Also Haskell does not force you to write perfect code, but forces you to write code that is considering all the possible outcomes, so even if you handwave some stuff it will be pretty clear to everyone reading you handwaved some stuff.

golemarms 5y ago
> For instance building some state control engine for rockets etc. Just out of curiosity: are there companies actually writing mission-critical code in a Haskell? My impression is that those normally tend to get written in C++ and the like.
- tome 5y ago
  > Ogma, a new open-source NASA tool, written in Haskell, to generate hard-realtime C runtime monitoring applications from high-level specifications https://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/r80djm/ann_nasas_ogma/ https://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/r80djm/ann_nasas_o...