Dear Haskell user,
A group of Haskell supporters is trying to raise money to support the
further development and maintenance of the Hugs interpreter and its
integration with the GHC run-time system. The idea is not to ask for
money to do research, or to add zillions of new features and extensions,
but rather to fix bugs, maintain libraries, build new distributions etc.
I.e. make it possible for Haskell to be a real tool that people can
depend upon.
The strategy is to say, "all these people use Haskell (or have used it)
as a TOOL in their teaching and research. They have found it invaluable
as a TOOL, and thus someone should support it."
The thrust of the proposal is that Haskell is such an important tool, that:
1) It enables research in many different disciplines that could not be
carried out without it,
2) It provides an important educational tool for both students and
researchers wanting to use a declarative language approach to
problem solving.
3) This is so important that the funding agencies should support this
proposal as a sort of "infrastructure" grant.
In order to make this case I am asking Haskell users to send me a short
email describing what they use Haskell for. I am looking for two kinds
of answers: Research and Teaching.
Research:
1) What is your research
2) Why is it important
3) How does it use Haskell
4) What features of Haskell make it particularly usefull
5) What would have to be done if you couldn't use Haskell or Hugs
Teaching: (No need if already on the teaching page at haskell.org)
1) What course do you teach that uses Haskell in some in integral way?
course name, university.
2) What published materials do you use (text book, notes etc)
and if not commercially available, where can they be obtained over
the web.
3) How many students per year take this course
4) Why did you choose Haskell rather than some other language.
Short, concise answers are best (100-200 words). Long answers are better
than no answers. Web pointers are also useful, but are the least
effective way you can contribute. We know this is a busy time of year,
but there is some urgency in my request, as funding deadlines are
quickly approaching.
Please reply to us if you can help in this endeavor. We will try and post
a synopsis of what I find out in a month or so.
Tim Sheard, Oregon Graduate Institute
John Peterson, Yale University
please reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
