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What I'm saying is that C is ubiquitous because it has strong syntax, and Haskell is not because it doesn't. I like C's syntax, but I also like Lisp's and Scal
by debacle 15y ago
What I'm saying is that C is ubiquitous because it has strong syntax, and Haskell is not because it doesn't.
I like C's syntax, but I also like Lisp's and Scala's and SQL's.
> Would you be happier if C was the only language, and everyone just had to use C?
If C were as powerful as a modern programming language (JavaScript) and had the standardization of a libraries that Perl or PHP has, then I'd be okay with writing C. The only reason I don't is because C has been improved upon. Haskell is a step back.
> This is completely non sequitur.
Of course it isn't. Popularity has a huge amount to do with the advantages offered by a language. If a language was crap, no one would use it.
At one time, C was not very popular, but in the last 20 years almost all of the most popular languages, year after year, have been C or its descendants.
- groovy2shoes 15y agoBy now it's clear to me that your argument has reduced to "I personally don't like Haskell's syntax, therefore Haskell cannot generally be a good language." If you don't want to use Haskell, that's fine. Don't use it. If you have legitimate criticism, I'd like to hear it.