
On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 5:03 AM, Erik de Castro Lopo
wrote:
Andrew Coppin wrote:
aditya siram wrote:
No argument there - I'm even afraid to stick it on my resume. At least Clojure can be snuck into the JVM without people noticing - Haskell, unfortunately, is not that shy.
Oh, I don't know... Few companies will want you to *use* Haskell, but lots of people seemed to be impressed if you say you know how to use it. (Those that know WTF is actually is, anyway...)
"Pascal? Yeah, I used to program in that about 30 years ago".
I actually got that response from someone.
You only got it once? *Every single person* I say Haskell to hears Pascal. Maybe I have a speech impediment or somethings.
While we're on the topic, does anyone else get funny looks when they say "monads"? Michael