Regarding 2d, Debug.Trace is perfect for that. On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 2:23 PM, C K Kashyap <ckkash...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi folks, > > I have the opportunity to make a presentation to folks (developers and > managers) in my organization about Haskell - and why it's important - and > why it's the only way forward. I request you to share your > experiences/suggestions for the following - > 1. Any thoughts around the outline of the presentation - target audience > being seasoned imperative programmers who love and live at the pinnacle of > object oriented bliss. > 2. Handling questions/comments like these in witty/interesting ways - > a) It looks good and mathematical but practically, what can we do with > it, all our stuff is in C++ > b) Wow, what do you mean you cannot reason about its space complexity? > c) Where's my inheritance? > d) Debugging looks like a nightmare - we cannot even put a print in > the function? > e) Static types - in this day and age - come on - productivity in X is > so much more - and that's because they got rid of type mess. > f) Is there anything "serious/large" written in it? [GHC will not > qualify as a good answer I feel] > g) Oh FP, as in Lisp, oh, that's AI stuff right ... we don't really do > AI. > h) Any other questions/comments that you may have heard. > 3. Ideas about interesting problems that can be used so that it appeals to > people. I mean, while fibonacci etc look good but showing those examples > tend to send the signal that it's good for "those kind" of problems. > 4. Is talking about or referring to Lambda calculus a good idea - I mean, > showing that using its ultra simple constructs one could build up things > like if/then etc > > I'm gonna do my bit to wear the limestone!!! > > Regards, > Kashyap > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > >
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