Vasili I. Galchin wrote:
I am very curious about the readiness of trading and banking industries to adopt FPLs like Haskell: http://talenteze.catsone.com/careers/index.php?m=portal&a=details&jobOrderID=466095.... I currently work in the computer security(intrusion detection).
I worked in that area myself at one time. I found the security field full of snake oil merchants, poor engineering practices, poor methodlogy and shoddy products.
My colleagues are totally ignorant concerning the foundations/motivations of FPLs. (Ironically http://www.galois.com participates in the computer security arena!).
Galois is likely a notable exception to my earlier statement.
Why are are trading/banking diving into FPLs?
The best explanation I know of is by Yaron Minsky of Jane Street Capital. Find it in the The Monad Reader issue 7: http://www.haskell.org/wikiupload/0/03/TMR-Issue7.pdf Erik -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Erik de Castro Lopo http://www.mega-nerd.com/