On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:08:06 +0200, Achim Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>What kind of things, barring coding on Haskell-less platforms and >library interfaces would you choose to do in C++? > >I'm asking 'cos I'm learning C++ and can't get the proper motivation to >do any program I can think of in it: If I need abstraction, I'm >thinking Haskell or Scheme, and if I'm thinking performance, C itself >more than suffices. > >Plus template programming makes me shudder because of its atrocities >against clear and straightforward FP, but that's a different matter. > >Coming to think of it, a compiler from a clean syntax to C++ templates >sounds like a fun project... which I'd do in Haskell. Read the following uncensored interview with Bjarne Stroustrup, the designer of C++, and then tell me what you think: An Interview with Bjarne Stroustrup http://www.ariel.com.au/jokes/An_Interview_with_Bjarne_Stroustrup.html -- Benjamin L. Russell _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe