Am 28.09.2016 um 07:47 schrieb MarLinn via Haskell-Cafe:
The potential downside is that "powerlines at your fingertips" can lead to cases of "plug and fry (your brain)". But then why should the environment be dumbed down to low-voltage batteries when the high-voltage-network is part of what got it to where it is?
You already said it: Because people will fry their brain. "Powerlines at your fingertips" doesn't apply to Haskell, that's C++ and (if you will) C as well. Haskell is more like household AC: All the power that you need on a day-to-day basis, but carefully shielded, safeguarded and geared towards useful work instead of fry-your-brain accidents. You can disable the safeguards (UnsafeIO) and you better know what you're doing, though it's still not a case of nasal demons.