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wernerv0nbraun
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wernerv0nbraun
18y ago
how about an operating system (house) a window manager (xmonad) and fully featured dvcs (darcs) or another (camp)? is there as much haskell out there as c, perl, python? no. but if you want to be a pioneer you have to drive on a little dirt
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wernerv0nbraun
18y ago
then java is for you. good luck.
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wernerv0nbraun
18y ago
this haskell example is exposing you to two cool things: - algebraic types. haskell has type inference, so it can do the right thing while you only describe the function as operating on lists. now look at java...strong typing but no intelli
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wernerv0nbraun
18y ago
about a package a day is being added to hackage, so my guess is that you are just spewing uninformed bullshit. you don't know anything about haskell, hackage, or anything related. stop commenting until you do.
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wernerv0nbraun
18y ago
you find me one introductory programming student who can even read the code for xmonad let alone write it xmonad is feature-laden it is a small codebase not because it is trivial, but because the people who wrote it are kick-ass coders