On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 5:03 AM, Erik de Castro Lopo <mle+hs@mega-nerd.com> 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