On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:59:54 -0800, Don Stewart <d...@galois.com> wrote:
>http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Protect_the_community > >Random notes on how to maintain tone, focus and productivity in an >online community I took a few years ago. > >Might be some material there if anyone's seeking to help ensure >we remain a constructive, effective community. To quote Simon Peyton-Jones (see the fourth unbolded paragraph in "Computerworld - The A-Z of Programming Languages: Haskell" at http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/261007/-z_programming_languages_haskell?pp=10); viz.: >What I’m really trying to say is that the fact Haskell hasn’t become a >real mainstream programming language, used by millions of developers, >has allowed us to become much more nimble, and from a research point >of view, that’s great. We have lots of users so we get lots of experience >from them. What you want is to have a lot of users but not too many >from a research point of view -- hence the avoid success at all costs. "Avoid success at all costs!" -- Benjamin L. Russell -- Benjamin L. Russell / DekuDekuplex at Yahoo dot com http://dekudekuplex.wordpress.com/ Translator/Interpreter / Mobile: +011 81 80-3603-6725 "Furuike ya, kawazu tobikomu mizu no oto." -- Matsuo Basho^ _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe