On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 17:45:45 +0100, Benjamin Franksen wrote: [..]
One is that it opens up new possibilities for individuals that were formerly closed to them. The two most prominent projects written in Haskell (darcs and Pugs) have both been started by a single person undertaking a project that would otherwise (i.e. without Haskell) have been just too complex to realize. (David Roundy once said that the C++ version he started with had after a while "amassed a solid number of bugs", so he gave up on it and started a re-implemention in Haskell (which clearly hasn't met the same fate).) With Haskell complex things become manageable for individuals again, and this opens whole new areas in the "noosphere" to conquer.
When reading this[1] I couldn't help thinking that rewriting GPG is an excellent opportunity for using Haskell to have an impact on the world. /M [1]: http://layer-acht.org/blog/debian/#1-58 -- Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) magnus@therning.org Jabber: magnus.therning@gmail.com http://therning.org/magnus Software is not manufactured, it is something you write and publish. Keep Europe free from software patents, we do not want censorship by patent law on written works. "`How do you feel?' he asked him. `Like a military academy,' said Arthur, `bits of me keep passing out.' -- Arthur after his first ever teleport ride.