catamorphism: > On 1/23/08, Peter Hercek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Other things did not seem that great for me from the beginning. For > > example: referential transparency - just enforces what you can take care > > not to do yourself > > ...if you never make mistakes, that is. > > > (e.g. in C# you just cannot be sure some function is > > referentially transparent even when comment claims so - which of course > > sucks because programmers are not disciplined). > > But if that's the point you're trying to make, I agree that a lot of > programmers seem to think they don't make mistakes, and thus might not > be receptive to the siren song of referential transparency :-) >
Yes, we have to talk more about it making the job "faster and easier", than "safer". It's a particular kind of programmer that likes things to be safer (i.e. people on this list :), but all kinds want their job to be faster and easier :) -- Don _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
