On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Jules Bean<ju...@jellybean.co.uk> wrote:
> I don't find layout a problem, with good editor support. I agree it's a > problem, with poor editor support. That's all I meant. Let's put this issue in perspective. For those few Haskell programmers that do find layout irritating, I'm sure we would all agree it's but a minor irritation. The real downside of layout is if non-Haskell programmers use it as an excuse to dismiss the language. I happen to think that Data Parallel Haskell has great potential for use in high performance computations. I'd hate to see a bunch of Fortraners not try DPH because of Haskell syntax. In terms of irritating programmers, I think Wirth takes the cake. After advancing the art with Pascal, he correctly saw its lack of modules as a problem, and he solved the issue with the Modular-2 programming language. He made the improvement, but also required programmers to type keywords in all caps! I tried Modular-2 and quickly tired of using the caps lock key. Maude has this problem too. Very irritating. John _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe