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I see comments like these all the time Haskell/Erlang/Elxir/Elm/Ocaml are the greatest thing ever. However basically no one uses them for work. There was a p
by citizenpaul 3y ago
I see comments like these all the time Haskell/Erlang/Elxir/Elm/Ocaml are the greatest thing ever. However basically no one uses them for work. There was a post on HN about how OP has given up on using Haskell in production after 10 years of trying to do so because its just not feasible. (I couldn't find the story on a quick search.) But they still use it in all personal projects. They appear every now and then and have scared me away from non popular languages for the most part.
I just see too many comments on HN from people that have decades more experience than me that say that the theory of these amazing languages simply does not survive contact with the real world most of the time. I'm sure there are great things built with them somewhere out in the world. I just don't think its worth it for the vast majority of developers to worry about.
- tome 3y agoI don't know if I have decades more experience than you but I can confirm that the amazing language Haskell survives contact with the real world. Here's what I made with it: https://groq.com https://groq.com (amongst other languages!)
- citizenpaul 3y agoNot trying to start a war but are you using an example of a personal project that basically proves the point I just said? The other people that comment on it say the same thing. They use it for personal projects but can never make it work at a corp job. I was a little bit unclear though in my previous comment. I mean production as in at work with lots of people besides yourself.