On Thu, Oct 04, 2007 at 10:36:40AM -0700, Don Stewart wrote:
The Haskell website has the rather strange motivational text:
Haskell is a general purpose, purely functional programming language featuring static typing, higher order functions, polymorphism, type classes, and monadic effects. Haskell compilers are freely available for almost any computer.
Because it's not a motivational text.
Which doesn't say why these help you.
Any suggestions on a 2 or 3 sentence spiel about what's available?
Here's some quick points:
General purpose: applications from OS kernels to compilers to web dev to ... Strong integration with other languages: FFI, and FFI binding tools Many developer tools: debugger, profiler, code coverage, QuickCheck Extensive libraries: central library repository, central repo hosting Productivity, robustness, maintainability: purity, type system, etc Parallelism!
Sounds cool, but what IS haskell? I'm okay with adding motivation, but please leave the description. Stefan