Re: [Haskell-cafe] #haskell irc channel reaches 400 users

Andrew Coppin wrote:

...does this mean Haskell is officially harder to understand than Lisp, Java, Perl and O'Caml? :-}

(OTOH, does this mean Haskell is easier to understand than PHP or C++?)

Or, Haskell is the easiest to understand of them all. Reason: Extremely large channel means so hard to understand that many people want help. Extremely small channel means so hard to understand that few people show interest. The middle-sized channel sits at the sweet spot.