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> wondering why no one will play with him That's kind of a strong statement about a language which has approx. 1000 users in it's IRC chatroom.
by friendly_chap 14y ago
> wondering why no one will play with him
That's kind of a strong statement about a language which has approx. 1000 users in it's IRC chatroom.
- VeejayRampay 14y agoThe number of people present in the IRC channel is more of a sign that they have a very engaged and active community, which is a good sign for the language itself, for sure, but doesn't necessarily correlate to the general adoption of Haskell as a whole. A measure like http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.... (by no means a perfect one, quite like speed benchmarks ironically) seems to indicate that Haskell still has a long way to go before reaching "mainstream adoption". But you're right about that statement, it was intended more as a humorous jab than a statement of absolute truth :)
- sixbrx 14y agoI don't think Haskellers particularly want mainstream adoption. Adoption among library writers would suffice... :)