One thing that I would very much appreciate is some kind of development
schedule. For example
- Some kind of general roadmap
- a plan for when 0.4 and future releases will come
- Any plans to switch to a regular schedule? (yearly, six
months, ...)
- What features remain before a 1.0 release?
- When will following arrive?
> faster compilation
> pre-compiled modules
> Interactive debugging; line numbers for all errors
> Automatic reload on file modification.
> Solving P=NP
I know that it's tough to make such a schedule, but anything that you can
provide would be helpful. Also, I'd be happy for something like a weekly
update; or a weekly blog post to help those who don't peruse this group in
depth each day.
Thanks!
Chris
On Wednesday, December 10, 2014 5:41:35 AM UTC-8, Tamas Papp wrote:
>
> From the discussion, it looks like that homepages for programming
> languages (and realed projects) serve two purposes:
>
> A. provide resources for the existing users (links to mailing lists,
> package directories, documentation, etc)
>
> B. provide information for potential new users (showcasing features of
> the language, links to tutorials).
>
> Given that space on the very front page is constrained (in the soft
> sense: no one wants pages that go on and on any more), I think that
> deciding on a balance between A and B would be a good way to focus the
> discussion.
>
> Once we have decided that, we can shamelessly copy good practices.
>
> For example,
>
> 1. the R website emphasizes content for existing users (in a non-flashy
> way that I am OK with), with very little material for new users,
>
> 2. about 1/3 of the middle bar on
> https://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Haskell is for new users
> (explanations/tutorials/etc), the 1/3 is for existing users (specs,
> libraries), and the final 1/3 is for both (forums, wiki, etc),
>
> 3. http://new-www.haskell.org/ is mostly caters to potential new users
> ("see how great this language is"),
>
> 4. the content of clojure.org is similarly for potential new users,
> while the sidebar has links for existing users.
>
> Best,
>
> Tamas
>
> On Wed, Dec 10 2014, Hans W Borchers <[email protected] <javascript:>>
> wrote:
>
> > Look at the R home page. R is one of the most popular languages, and
> esp. so
> > for statistical and computational applications. A programming language
> does
> > not need bloated home pages.
> >
> > I like the old Haskell home page much more than the new one. The new one
> > has
> > large, uninformative background pictures and not much information in a
> > small
> > and readable view. The HaskellWiki front page was much better in that.
> It
> > may
> > not even be decided which version will win.
> >
> > [Clojure])http://clojure.org/) has a nice, simple and informative home
> > page,
> > while [Scala](http://www.scala-lang.org/) has overdone it like the new
> > Haskell. For other approaches see the [Nim](http://nimrod-lang.org/) -
> > formerly 'Nimrod' - and [Nemerle](http://nemerle.org/) home pages.
> >
> > In the end I feel the condensed form of the Python home page will
> attract
> > more interest, for example with 'latest news' and 'upcoming events' on
> the
> > first page.This gives the impression of a lively and engaged community.
> >
> >
> > On Wednesday, December 10, 2014 11:23:37 AM UTC+1, Tim Holy wrote:
> >>
> >> I like the Haskell one better than the Rust one.
> >>
> >> --Tim
> >>
> >>
>
