>From from what I see here, Haskell at work seems to target web development. I should try this soon... What is everyone using? Yesod?
2011/6/4 Michael Xavier <nemesisdes...@gmail.com> > I just wanted to echo this a bit. I'm a Ruby on Rails developer in my day > job. While I still enjoy ruby, I was very proud that my studies of Haskell > helped me identify a problem a week or so ago that would be much more > difficult to solve in an imperative language and benefits from laziness. > While the role of this tool will be limited compared to what I do day by > day, I can finally say that I'm using Haskell at work. > > If anyone is curious, the project is essentially a service that determines > the optimum order for a comparison shopping engine. > > 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 >> >> > > > -- > Michael Xavier > http://www.michaelxavier.net >
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