> if you can grasp Haskell and be productive in it then you are an elite programmer. Somehow I knew this was where it was going. > Not so if you can grasp Jav

> if you can grasp Haskell and be productive in it then you are an elite programmer. Somehow I knew this was where it was going. > Not so if you can grasp Java. Compared to a cabbage or a turnip? I've been told you can't teach calculus to a horse. Elitism is like an onion ... and feel free to imagine that tedious conversation.