Re: Could Haskell be taken over by Microsoft?

[Wolfgang Beck]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Greg Michaelson) wrote:
> If Microsoft can popularise the use of Haskell then we should welcome that
> instead of pillorying Simon. It seems somewhat unreasonable to complain that:
> a) the real world ignores well designed and engineered languages
> b) real world use corrupts well designed and engineered languages
The problem is the Microsoft monopoly. Even if MS introduces severe design
flaws, they will become standard. Look at their network protocols.
Smaller companies can't do that.

> PS from an SML enthusiast...
> 
> Step 4: MS Office is rewritten in Haskell. All PCs now require a minimum
>         of 1GB RAM and a 2000 MHz CPU to run Solitaire...
> 
This is one of the reasons why Haskell isn't used widely in commercial
applications. One has to trust the compiler that it optimizes
sufficiently. In C it is to a large extent the programmers
responsibility to optimize.  'Boss, we need a different haskell compiler to
make this module run faster.'

Wolfgang Beck