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