Hi all, Johan Tibell wrote: On 10/03/2015 09:00 AM, Johan Tibell wrote:
Time doesn't go to infinity for us. Haskell currently has a window of opportunity for being adopted and bringing more functional programmers to the world. This window isn't very big, perhaps a couple of years to a decade. If we make programming in Haskell annoying by continuously breaking anything, people will lose interest in Haskell and move on to other languages.
Well said. That is also a major concern of Graham and myself. And it is not just people considering adopting Haskell who are being annoyed, but also long-standing members of the community. Just to give one data point, Graham tells me that the latest revision of Richard Bird's Haskell book was broken with respect to the latest changes before it had had a chance to hit the shops. The changes that broke the book may well have been essential. But such breakage is clearly annoying to many people, including those who have bought a recently updated book only to find that it does not quite work. We really need to be careful to not break things unless absolutely necessary. Best, /Henrik -- Henrik Nilsson School of Computer Science The University of Nottingham nhn@cs.nott.ac.uk This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation.