On Sunday 21 August 2005 13:14, Tuomo Valkonen wrote:
> On 2005-08-21, Thomas Zander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > But your statement is besides the point.  The point is that using
> > a simpler language will make GIT grow faster and gain more
> > traction because many more developers are able to get their itch
> > scratched.
>
> You surely can not claim that C is simpler than Haskell? C is simpler
> than C++ indeed, because it is a subset of it, but real high-level
> languages avoid many of the problems present in such low-level
> languages, but on the other hand, have their own restrictions. Note
> that I'm not saying that Haskell is simpler than C either. Simplicity
> is not a total order, only partial.

Simpler, in the context I used it, was meant as a learning experience. The 
simpler it is to learn the more people are capable of using it 
effectively.

Any other comparison between Haskell and other languages are not mine to 
make since I can't program the former.

-- 
Thomas Zander

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