RE: [Haskell-cafe] I read somewhere that for 90% of a wide classof computing problems, you only need 10% of the source code in Haskell, that you would in an imperative language.

As one C++ expert I know is fond of telling me, Haskell will only become popular when obscure mathematics becomes popular. That might be true, but the calculus and even arithmetic were once considered obscure. ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list

Re: [Haskell-cafe] I read somewhere that for 90% of a wide classof computing problems, you only need 10% of the source code in Haskell, that you would in an imperative language.

Mmm, to the average student calculus is still very obscure ;-) On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Kalani Thielen kthie...@lab49.com wrote: As one C++ expert I know is fond of telling me, Haskell will only become popular when obscure mathematics becomes popular. That might be true, but the

Re: [Haskell-cafe] I read somewhere that for 90% of a wide classof computing problems, you only need 10% of the source code in Haskell, that you would in an imperative language.

В сообщении от 30 сентября 2009 18:05:28 Peter Verswyvelen написал: On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Kalani Thielen kthie...@lab49.com wrote: That might be true, but the calculus and even arithmetic were once considered obscure. Mmm, to the average student calculus is still very obscure