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Bob Harper is a pillar of PL research, I think the credentials of his detractor deserve just a tiny bit more scrutiny. It's one thing to refute his assertions,
by mahmud 14y ago
Bob Harper is a pillar of PL research, I think the credentials of his detractor deserve just a tiny bit more scrutiny. It's one thing to refute his assertions, and it's something else entirely to dismiss them as "troll" or "butthurt".
- _delirium 14y agoIt looks like that comment is from the author of a few popular-press PLs books (most recently Real World Haskell), so probably knowledgeable, though not Harper-level accomplished.
- jmillikin 14y agoThat comment was posted by Bryan O'Sullivan; equivalent to Ted T'so getting involved in a discussion on Linux filesystems.
- davidp 14y agoIt looks like most of the folks in the Haskell reddit community are taking it with good humor; I read that comment as a wry tweaking rather than as outright dismissal. Language nerds at play, fun to watch.