When he's calling Haskell "useless", he's referring to Haskell before they figured out how to do I/O. A language that can't do I/O is pretty useless in practice, no matter how theoretically interesting.
On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 6:22 PM, Rich Morin <r...@cfcl.com> wrote: > This conversation never mentions Clojure, but I think folks here > may find it quite interesting and relevant: > > Simon Peyton Jones - Haskell is useless > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSmkqocn0oQ&feature=related > > -r > > > -- > http://www.cfcl.com/rdm Rich Morin > http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/resume r...@cfcl.com > http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/weblog +1 650-873-7841 > > Software system design, development, and documentation > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
