Re: [Haskell-cafe] Research language vs. professional language

2008-09-02 Thread Manuel M T Chakravarty
Ryan Ingram: On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 7:27 PM, Jonathan Cast [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This concept of `day-to-day work' is a curious one. Haskell is not a mature language, and probably shouldn't ever be one. I see where you are coming from here, but I think that train has already started and

[Haskell-cafe] Research language vs. professional language

2008-09-01 Thread Ryan Ingram
Jonathan, I think we are going to end up just disagreeing on this subject, but I'd like to point out the reasons why we disagree. On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 7:27 PM, Jonathan Cast [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This concept of `day-to-day work' is a curious one. Haskell is not a mature language, and

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Research language vs. professional language

2008-09-01 Thread Don Stewart
ryani.spam: On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 7:27 PM, Jonathan Cast [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This concept of `day-to-day work' is a curious one. Haskell is not a mature language, and probably shouldn't ever be one. I see where you are coming from here, but I think that train has already started

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Research language vs. professional language

2008-09-01 Thread Derek Elkins
On Mon, 2008-09-01 at 01:20 -0700, Don Stewart wrote: ryani.spam: On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 7:27 PM, Jonathan Cast [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This concept of `day-to-day work' is a curious one. Haskell is not a mature language, and probably shouldn't ever be one. I see where you are

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Research language vs. professional language

2008-09-01 Thread Jonathan Cast
On Mon, 2008-09-01 at 01:20 -0700, Don Stewart wrote: ryani.spam: On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 7:27 PM, Jonathan Cast [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This concept of `day-to-day work' is a curious one. Haskell is not a mature language, and probably shouldn't ever be one. I see where you are