I disagree. I'm by no means proficient in Haskell. And, I never bothered learning PHP. I will when I need to. PHP programmers are a dime a dozen. It's been my experience that Haskell is a tool one may use to distinguish oneself from the hoi-poloi. This is important when you live in an area where the baker down the street has a CS degree.
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 11:52 AM, Yves Parès <limestr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Learning Haskell will pay off much less than learning PHP, if your goal is >> to find a job. > > Amen. > >> I cannot agree with this for practical reasons. I'm using Haskell for >> real world commercial applications, and I'm very productive with it. > > I wish so much I could say that... Out of curiosity, what are you using > Haskell for? > > > 2011/6/2 Ertugrul Soeylemez <e...@ertes.de> >> >> "Alberto G. Corona " <agocor...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Haskell is an academic asset as well as a fun asset. >> >> I cannot agree with this for practical reasons. I'm using Haskell for >> real world commercial applications, and I'm very productive with it. >> >> There is however a variation of this statement, with which I could >> agree, namely: Learning Haskell will pay off much less than learning >> PHP, if your goal is to find a job. It takes a lot longer and there are >> a lot less companies in need of Haskell programmers. >> >> >> Greets, >> Ertugrul >> >> >> -- >> nightmare = unsafePerformIO (getWrongWife >>= sex) >> http://ertes.de/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Haskell-Cafe mailing list >> Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org >> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > > _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe