Re: Hiring Haskell programmers

2002-03-14 Thread Nicholas Nethercote
On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Manuel M. T. Chakravarty wrote: Depends where you are, I guess. In Sydney, it would be easy. We are teaching Haskell to about 1500 first-year students every year. I know that there are a number of schools in Germany and the UK who teach functional programming on a

Re: Hiring Haskell programmers

2002-03-14 Thread Pablo E. Martinez Lopez
I know that there are a number of schools in Germany and the UK who teach functional programming on a large scale, too. Not so sure about the rest of the planet. Melbourne University is teaching similar numbers (perhaps slightly less; probably more than 1000) of first-year students

Re: Hiring Haskell programmers

2002-03-12 Thread Jens Petersen
Eray Ozkural [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I wouldn't be particularly enthusiastic about using a language like Haskell to implement a simple thing such as a chatroom [...] I don't see why not. Well, simple is relative I suppose. Jens, who wants to write an irc-client in haskell one day

ENOUGH! (Hiring Haskell programmers)

2002-03-12 Thread Jerzy Karczmarczuk
Ladies. Gentlemen. What is a Haskell programmer? Frankly, I am fed-up with this thread which from time to time raises its ugly head like a Phoenix Turtle mutant... Does anybody (especially young people who want to use Haskell to get more money, love, health and political influence...)

Hiring Haskell programmers

2002-03-11 Thread Mark Carroll
How easy is it to hire reasonable Haskell programmers? Of course, this may mean, hiring people with the aptitude and interest to quickly learn Haskell. Has anyone any experience of this that they can share? -- Mark ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list [EMAIL

Re: Hiring Haskell programmers

2002-03-11 Thread Eray Ozkural
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 12 March 2002 01:17, Mark Carroll wrote: How easy is it to hire reasonable Haskell programmers? Of course, this may mean, hiring people with the aptitude and interest to quickly learn Haskell. Has anyone any experience of this that they

RE: Hiring Haskell programmers

2002-03-11 Thread Konst Sushenko
PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Hiring Haskell programmers -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 12 March 2002 01:17, Mark Carroll wrote: How easy is it to hire reasonable Haskell programmers? Of course, this may mean, hiring people with the aptitude and interest to quickly learn

RE: Hiring Haskell programmers

2002-03-11 Thread Mark Carroll
On Mon, 11 Mar 2002, Konst Sushenko wrote: I have always been wondering what exactly does quickly learn Haskell mean? Quickly learn Haskell syntax? Can one learn how to paint quickly? Be able to modify or add to the code base within a few weeks, in such a way that somebody doesn't have to

Re: Hiring Haskell programmers

2002-03-11 Thread Ashley Yakeley
At 2002-03-11 15:17, Mark Carroll wrote: How easy is it to hire reasonable Haskell programmers? If you're in the Seattle area, there's this one... Of course, this may mean, hiring people with the aptitude and interest to quickly learn Haskell. My best guess is if they already know ML or

Re: Hiring Haskell programmers

2002-03-11 Thread Eray Ozkural
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 12 March 2002 03:05, Mark Carroll wrote: Be able to modify or add to the code base within a few weeks, in such a way that somebody doesn't have to come back later and repair your work. (-: So, no, not just the syntax: much harder, in

Re: Hiring Haskell programmers

2002-03-11 Thread Cagdas Ozgenc
At 2002-03-11 17:05, Mark Carroll wrote: When I first learned Standard ML, after years of imperative programming, my brain almost hurt for the first few weeks. For me the difference is that in imperative you tell the computer what to do, whereas in FP you tell the computer what things