22 ms·
Everything I know about Haskell leads me to believe its purpose is to be a research bed for functional programming concepts. Correctness is first; speed is a ni
by gatlin 15y ago
Everything I know about Haskell leads me to believe its purpose is to be a research bed for functional programming concepts. Correctness is first; speed is a nice thing that happened later. And readability is even less important. This is like comparing granite to glass regarding translucence.
And, actually, if you do it right you can end up with readable, imperative Haskell.
- willvarfar 15y agoHaskell is often put forward as a learning language. I have myself worked through "how to program" books for people with no prior programming experience that used haskell, in the same way that lisp (scheme) is used in sicp.