Pete Chown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > One snag is that I doubt you could ring up an agency and ask for half a dozen > Haskell programmers. You could probably get people who did a bit of > functional programming as part of a computer science degree, but that may not > be enough for your needs. (Having said that, if you did manage to find > contract Haskell programmers, you would probably get people who were highly > skilled, and enthusiastic about the chance to use the language.)
Me me! Pick me! Oh I'd love to do contract work with Haskell. > In other words, Haskell might be a good answer technically, but it could > paint the client into a corner business-wise. I could easily come up with a bunch of resumes or CVs from smart #haskell people who would enjoy doing contract work in Haskell. (where bunch = at least ten, and probably more than twenty) > I currently have a small amount of business logic that is implemented in > Haskell, and I want to see it increase, but I'm always worried that this is > going to happen. I don't want a job for life maintaining this stuff, I want > to delegate it to others at an appropriate time. Me me! Pick me! > You might find that Java, for example, would have more support for this type > of application, out of the box. Although Java is an unimaginative language, > I find that productivity isn't too bad, mainly because there is plenty of > library support for typical applications. With Haskell, writing the business > logic is quicker, but some of the time saved gets spent implementing things > that come as standard with Java. Libraries need to be implemented only once, after that everything gets faster. Plus there's a lot more Haskell code out there than most people know about. If you're looking for something specific, ask on the #haskell channel or here on the mailing lists. > I'm finding this quite a struggle, to be honest. I can cope easily with the > various homework assignments that get posted here, but I find it hard > thinking about large applications in functional terms. I'm building up to > larger applications, but I'd feel nervous tackling something the size you are > talking about at the moment. I'm fond of monad transformers for structuring larger applications. More details upon request... -- I've tried to teach people autodidactism, | ScannedInAvian.com but it seems they always have to learn it for themselves.| Shae Matijs Erisson _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
