Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> It got to the point where I'd see a post from Warp saying that Haskell
> sucks because of X, and I'd spent half an hour trying to come up with a
> reason why X is false. It ceased to be about the truth, and about
> wanting to be right. I *wanted* Haskell to be the best.
>
> But wanting something to be true doesn't make it true. And,
> unfortunately for me, Warp is right, as usual. Haskell sucks. And no
> amount of words from me is going to change it. My pride and joy actually
> sucks, and I can't do anything about it.

Welcome to the club.

> Yet again, the Haskell mailing lists collectively have more PhDs than
> you can shake a stick at. There are people there who know the difference
> between an endomorphism and an epimorphism, and people who actually
> comprehend the Curry-Howard isomorphism. And, almost unanimously, they
> all regard me as some kind of troll. They think I'm there just to cause
> disruption.

Hum... just put them in your shoes for a change: There they are, possibly
believing that Haskell is THE WAY like you did. Here comes a newbie daring to
ask QUESTIONS about THE WAY... what if they don't manage to come up with
ANSWERS?

It's much easier finding reasons to call someone a troll than it is to put one's
own firm beliefs to the test - especially if deep down in your heart you're not
*that* sure about it.

> Nobody else on the forum gets singled out as a troll. (Except for that
> one guy who really *is* a troll!) Lots of other people, many of them
> beginners like myself, manage to coexist quite happily. So clearly I
> personally must be doing something very wrong to attract this kind of
> negative attention.

Or maybe you're doing something very right.

Ever read the Bible? World-famous epic story, with Episode II featuring some guy
who is thought by some to have done virtually *everything* right. Still suffered
from a similar problem. The academics of his time didn't just call him a troll
though.

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