Re: [Haskell-cafe] [Haskell] GHC is a monopoly compiler

Thanks for the graceful reply! So as not to think I'm singling anyone out, I should say the "hatchet job" comment above is also the kind of thing very few of us want to be part of our day-to-day conversation. Everyone makes mistakes, not a big thing! It's just important that, on average, when people come visit our corner of the internet the thing they see isn't people saying hurtful things to each other. When I started here I felt like I could ask a question and not be ridiculed for it. Others should have the same feeling when they come by. Thanks! Tom On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 12:24 PM, Michael Sloan wrote:

Fair point, my mistake, sorry. I will try to tone it down and be a more civil communicator. To me equating the Haskell Platform with python's batteries included approach is laughable, so I laughed.

I find Brandon's opinions on things to often be diametrically opposed to my own, and this seems to be a cause of a great deal of contention.

-Michael

On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 8:20 PM, Tom Murphy wrote:

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On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 12:11 PM, Michael Sloan wrote:

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LOL! Oh man, this guy must be pulling my leg... Haskell platform was never a batteries included plan. It was a plan for package bureaucracy, mixed in with a broken installation approach. Sorry, but that was not a good enough attempt at emulating python's "batteries included" . From https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0206/

The substance of your positions on packaging/HP aside, it has been 15 hours since SPJ's email about having more respectful discussion in our community. Please speak with civility.

Tom