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For people that like math, sure, why not. When implementing mathematical concepts, if you squint at Haskell code you can see the original formulas, which should

For people that like math, sure, why not. When implementing mathematical concepts, if you squint at Haskell code you can see the original formulas, which should make it easier for people used to this way of thinking. EDIT: I'm not implying it's useful just for programming "math stuff", after all, everything can be reduced to a mathematical problem - including game engines[1], web application frameworks[2], etc. [1] http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~pls/thesis/munc-thesis.pdf http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~pls/thesis/munc-thesis.pdf [2] https://github.com/yesodweb/yesod https://github.com/yesodweb/yesod

vidarh 14y ago
And it's probably one of the most significant things limiting adoption of Haskell.
- spiffistan 14y ago
  Indeed.
- egeozcan 14y ago
  Exactly. From my point of view, Haskell is the perfect language which unfortunately comes with the worst naming conventions. (I generally develop in C#, F# and JavaScript)
  - psionski 14y ago
    The naming conventions are fine, but they're very different from C#, F# or JS - it's basically the difference between reading English text and reading formulas (i.e. compositions of weird letters and symbols).
    - psionski 14y ago
      I just want to add something - using Haskell's naming conventions in C# or JS is a crime against humanity. If your function is longer than 5-6 lines and wider than 10-15 characters `xs` or `<|>` are not good names. I think you could get away with it in F#, but it will look weird.