Ladies. Gentlemen. What is a "Haskell programmer"? Frankly, I am fed-up with this thread which from time to time raises its ugly head like a Phoenix Turtle mutant... Does anybody (especially young people who want to use Haskell to get more money, love, health and political influence...) seriously think that we are in a *such* hyperspecialized world? I'll tell you an anecdote. *Absolutely* authentic. Once upon a time, some centuries ago, when the dynasty of Jagellons in Poland became extinct like dinosaurs, my folk had a splendid idea to have elected kings. They elected a whole bunch of them, one worse than another, with first of them, one Alexander, the Duke of Anjou (known afterwards as Henry Valois), who after a few months flew away to France, stealing the Crown Treasure goodies, and became the reputed Henry III. The punishment came later, but unavoidably... (But I am digressing...) After one very successful election, the Ambassador of Venice wrote a letter to his sovereign: "Poles elected a new king. Very impressive man, very cultivated. Speaks fluently 7 foreign languages. And has nothing to say whatsoever in any of them..." === OK, now seriously. A PROGRAMMER should know how to program independently of the linguistic quirks of this or that language. Yeah, I know, this is an ideal presupposing that such a fellow is really well educated in algorithmics, security, interfacing etc., which is seldom the case. But, anyway, functional programming is for intelligent people. Intelligent people should say to an employer <<in spe>>: "Don't ask me about Java, etc., buzzwords. I can program in ANY language. My strength relies not in "in which language", but in the usage of good algorithms/coding paradigms, security & maintenance issues, etc. It happens, though, that if you give me some freedom, I know some best languages in the world to fulfil the tasks you plan, notably Haskell. Oh, nobody here uses it, and I should comply with your protocols? No problem, I won't insist. But from time to time I will show also how the things can be coded faster and nicer". Je vous souhaite Salud y Pesetas. Jerzy Karczmarczuk Caen, France