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Well I'm happy that Haskell registers at all! At a level similar to ... LabView (oof). The article proper is rather uninteresting, I'm afraid.

chamomeal 1y ago
It’s grating to see Haskell compared to labview, regardless of context lol
- Joel_Mckay 1y ago
  Haskell is a fun language... LabView is a kick in the pants... I'd wager it is the installed base keeping LabView on life support. =3
  - 7thaccount 1y ago
    Labview seems like a pain (I haven't used it), but I guess it's super useful for some uses. I recall SpaceX uses it for controlling launches. It comes with models for all manner of hardware.
    - Joel_Mckay 1y ago
      NI has niche instrumentation product lines that have been around for some time. Yet, the modern licensing model jettisoned a lot of their long time proponents. Like many things in life, most problems were non-technical in nature. SpaceX is an interesting company, and it made some unique design choices. =3
    - hooskerdu 1y ago
      I really loved LabView
      - Joel_Mckay 1y ago
        NI rarely made established software better after a company acquisition. Generally, IT and Engineering agreed to deprecate their product lines off critical systems about 2 minutes after the deal went through. =3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpE_xMRiCLE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpE_xMRiCLE
    - marcosdumay 1y ago
      > but I guess it's super useful for some uses It comes with device interfaces (not exactly drivers, but some times it has drivers too).
    - zeeqeen 1y ago
      All right, I even never heard of Labview programming language, haha..
  - a96 1y ago
    But labview is what happens when there's a project that needs hardware automation and has lots of budget but no desire to make in-house tools. And the house already used labview the last time that happened.
Joel_Mckay 1y ago
Haskell at least is fun. My favorite Julia also made the list this year... nonzero users means there is hope for fun languages yet. With the new Intel+NVIDIA RTX SoC deal, we can expect Python and C++ to dominate that list in the next few years. =3
- rekenaut 1y ago
  Dozens of us use Julia. Dozens!!
  - pjmlp 1y ago
    A few more actually, even though it gets ignored in most HN discussions, https://juliahub.com/case-studies https://juliahub.com/case-studies

chamomeal 1y ago

It’s grating to see Haskell compared to labview, regardless of context lol

Joel_Mckay 1y ago
Haskell is a fun language... LabView is a kick in the pants... I'd wager it is the installed base keeping LabView on life support. =3
- 7thaccount 1y ago
  Labview seems like a pain (I haven't used it), but I guess it's super useful for some uses. I recall SpaceX uses it for controlling launches. It comes with models for all manner of hardware.
  - Joel_Mckay 1y ago
    NI has niche instrumentation product lines that have been around for some time. Yet, the modern licensing model jettisoned a lot of their long time proponents. Like many things in life, most problems were non-technical in nature. SpaceX is an interesting company, and it made some unique design choices. =3
  - hooskerdu 1y ago
    I really loved LabView
    - Joel_Mckay 1y ago
      NI rarely made established software better after a company acquisition. Generally, IT and Engineering agreed to deprecate their product lines off critical systems about 2 minutes after the deal went through. =3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpE_xMRiCLE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpE_xMRiCLE
  - marcosdumay 1y ago
    > but I guess it's super useful for some uses It comes with device interfaces (not exactly drivers, but some times it has drivers too).
  - zeeqeen 1y ago
    All right, I even never heard of Labview programming language, haha..
- a96 1y ago
  But labview is what happens when there's a project that needs hardware automation and has lots of budget but no desire to make in-house tools. And the house already used labview the last time that happened.

Joel_Mckay 1y ago

Haskell at least is fun. My favorite Julia also made the list this year... nonzero users means there is hope for fun languages yet. With the new Intel+NVIDIA RTX SoC deal, we can expect Python and C++ to dominate that list in the next few years. =3

rekenaut 1y ago
Dozens of us use Julia. Dozens!!
- pjmlp 1y ago
  A few more actually, even though it gets ignored in most HN discussions, https://juliahub.com/case-studies https://juliahub.com/case-studies