On Sat, Sep 08, 2007 at 05:44:47PM +0100, Neil Mitchell wrote: > > I'd like to think that Haskell will soon be "ready" for prime-time. But > > let's face it, the language is 20 years old already... > > Most of your problems are lack of libraries. We've had Cabal in > mainstream for maybe a year, hackage is even newer. People know where > the problems are, and they are being fixed. Haskell as a "language" is > pretty much done, people just like tweaking the corners.
I'd like to add that, until very recently, Haskell wasn't even *trying* to be "ready for prime time". It takes an athlete many years to get from the cradle to the finish line, but that's not how we score them! Stefan
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