Orchid XP v8 escreveu:
>> Haskell doesn't suck.  It sucks a lot less than C++, certainly.  Being 
>> slower doesn't mean it sucks.  The higher-level the language and more 
>> away from the underlying low-level metal, the better.  Haskell sucks a 
>> lot less performance-wise than most other very high-level languages.
> 
> Faster than Java, C#, F#, Erlang, Clean, Lisp... But still not quite as 
> fast as C.

Nothing is faster than C, some wise men said. ;)

> And let's face it, millions of people can program in C. Why bother 
> learning Haskell?

Oh, you have a misunderstanding there:  far less people program today in 
C rather than Java or C#.  About just those poor souls coding Unix 
infrastructure... :P

>> Being not as intelligent as truly intelligent people is not the same 
>> as being stupid.  Endlessly pestering such bright people over 
>> reasonably basic stuff you still don't understand... well, that's 
>> stupid. ;)
> 
> ...and when nemesis says I'm stupid, I really *don't* care. :-P

Read again.

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