5 Apr
2010
5 Apr
'10
6:52 p.m.
2010/04/05 Casey McCann
Not to mention that pseudonymity is overwhelmingly the norm on the internet.
I suppose this is the collision of two cultures. Lambda the Ultimate also encourages (but does not require) real names. I think this has to do with academic values, really -- and the Haskell community has a lot of those. You don't submit papers under names like `solidsnack'. There certainly is a significant subculture of anonymity on the internet but maybe it has spread beyond its useful limits? There are places where it is helpful (Allberry's examples above come to mind) but I don't think contributing code to Hackage (or Cheeseshop or anything else) is like that. -- Jason Dusek