David Terei wrote:
Good chance you've already read this but if not here is a good post by
Linus about his take on the problems with darcs:
http://markmail.org/message/vk3gf7ap5auxcxnb
I always have to smile at the complaint that something is "academic". :D
You know, like purely functional programming, that's soo academic. It's
centered around some academic ideas, like mathematical functions,
higher-rank types, monads and zygohistomorphic prepromorphisms, that
have absolutely no relevance in real life, and that just don't work in
practice. You do *not* want to write whole programs that way. At some
point, you need something that works at another level than pure
functions. What the *hell* do you do?
I think a better invective would be "amazing".
Best regards,
Heinrich Apfelmus
--
http://apfelmus.nfshost.com
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