On 17/04/2012 04:49 PM, scott wrote:
>> If there ever comes a day when Haskell ships out of the door with
>> top-quality libraries for doing most or all of the things that a typical
>> developer would want to get done, then maybe Haskell will start to
>> become popular.
>
> The problem is that F# exists already, and I guess you wouldn't call it
> "popular" in the way that you would like Haskell to become. So Haskell
> would need to become, in some way, superior to F# in order to become
> popular.

Haskell is /already/ superior to F#. ;-)

For a start, F# is functional in the same way that C++ is 
object-oriented. I.e., not very. F# is a normal OO language with a few 
slightly functional ideas bolted on the side as an afterthought.

But in all seriousness: Haskell will never be popular. Writing clean, 
maintainable code just isn't a high priority. Bashing out code as fast 
as possible is a high priority. Producing six point-releases per 
calendar month is a high priority. Being paid per LoC is a high 
priority. Nobody will ever want to use Haskell.

Still, at least if Haskell shipped with decent libraries, *I* could 
still enjoy using it. :-P

Post a reply to this message