
andrewcoppin:
Hugh Perkins wrote:
You're picking on Andrew Coppin? That's insane. He's got a sense of humour, and he's a lay (non-phd) person.
Honestly, in one thread you've got "Haskell is misunderstood! Its the greatest language in the world! Why does no-one use it????" and in another you're insulting one of the few non-phds who's interested in the language.
Um... well... thanks for the unsolicited defence.
Well anyway, as you can see, I'm back. Mainly because I have questions that I need answers for...
For what it's worth, I think Haskell is the most fantastic programming language ever invented. I spend all my time thinking about it and using it. And it frustrates the hell out of me that 100% of the human population consider Haskell to be an irrelevant joke language. So I basically have this uncontrollably awsome thing in front of me that I spend all my time and energy interacting with... and nobody to talk to about it. This mailing list is the only place I know of that is inhabited by people who actually think Haskell is something worth persuing. However, apparently even here my enthusiasm is misplaced.
Please drop by the irc channel! enthusiasm is always welcome there, and we're pretty much all obsessed too! -- Don