We should have GHC 6.12 launch parties like the Windows 7 ones ;) (if you haven't seen it, and are feeling masochistic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cX4t5-YpHQ)
Dan On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 9:36 PM, Casey Hawthorne <cas...@istar.ca> wrote: > On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:19:08 -0700, you wrote: > >>On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 5:24 PM, Casey Hawthorne <cas...@istar.ca> wrote: >> >>> I read somewhere that for 90% of a wide class of computing problems, >>> you only need 10% of the source code in Haskell, that you would in an >>> imperative language. >>> >>> If this is true, it needs to be pushed. >>> >>> And if by changing a few lines of source code one can develop a whole >>> family of similar applications, that needs to be pushed, also. >>> >> >>If you look through the archives here and elsewhere on the net, I think >>you'll see that technical superiority isn't the driving force for language >>adoption. It can help, but other factors seem to play a more significant >>role, usually dependent on context in which the languages became popular. >>At times it can seem like luck, but then I'm reminded of what Louis Pasteur >>said about luck and prepared minds. >> >>It is good that you're talking about Haskell though. Continue to discuss it >>with your peers and show them fun and cool things you've written using >>Haskell. I think this is more compelling for the uninitiated than >>statements about perceived technical power of the language. I've heard >>people explain this as, "showing is better than telling." >> >>Cheers, >>Jason > > Hmmmmmmm! > > Like those people that are paid to go into coffee houses with some new > technology, and then people see what they're doing and wander over and > ask them questions about it. > >>"showing is better than telling." > > It's even being used by marketers/sellers. > > :) > -- > Regards, > Casey > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe