Amen to that! Discovering Haskell was a revelation for
me as well. I couldn't believe the beauty of it. Despite reading a lot about
Haskell, and watching some very entertaining videos featuring SPJ among others,
I never got comfortable at it (using C++ in my day job). Still, it is a great
inspiration for me. I am delighted that this beautiful language exists, and I do
hope that one day I'll be decent at it, but even if I don't I am richer for
it.
Happy birthday Simon, and many
thanks!
-greg
On 2018-01-18 07:16 PM,
Henk-Jan van Tuyl wrote:
Congratulations and
thanks for all the work on the beautiful language I have been studying and
using the last fifteen years.
I would like to echo that. I would also
like to thank you, Simon, for your courteous, positive, humble and cooperative
attitude that has set the tone for our whole community.
I had been
programming for over thirty years when I discovered Haskell, and through it
functional programming, in 2008. It was a complete revelation to me, and I've
not looked back. I now don't want to work in any other language if I can
possibly help it. I think Haskell hits a sweet spot of expressiveness, safety
and performance that is unmatched among mainstream languages. I've experimented
with some other functional languages, and I think Haskell stands head and
shoulders above them all.
Happy Birthday, Simon
:-)
—Neil