skaller wrote: > I'm hopefully off to a job interview soon for a SCADA > application (industrial automation). C++/C# combo on Windows.
I'm so sorry :) > There are SO many applications for Felix. All my current > efforts have been on the compiler and type system. > > But the primary market is for the multi-threading model: > that's the key feature that distinguishes it from other > languages: it's easier to point to a performance graph > and show some nice simple fibrated code than explain > the advantages of advanced type systems. > > I barely understand what a GADT is .. how would I > explain how it helps a commercial client? I'm off to lunch so this will be quick, but I don't think you can, or would really want to at first. To be honest, I don't understand them either :) One of the things that has turned me off haskell many times was that I just didn't understand a lot of the language that is used in it's documentation. Things like monads, comonads, _|_ (bottom), and etc are a lot to comprehend. ocaml's docs were a bit nicer about hiding the theory. For documentation, if we can't come up with a simple description, then it should be put in the "advanced" section. Maybe some documents like this? http://www.ffconsultancy.com/languages/ray_tracer/index.html Where we compare one set of code written in c++/java, and another written in felix that's easy to understand without getting too deep into theory? I'm a much bigger fan of allowing people to slowly learn the more advanced features. -e ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Felix-language mailing list Felix-language@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/felix-language
