[Haskell] ANNOUNCE: photoname

2007-04-28 Thread Dino Morelli
photoname - rename and move photo files based on EXIF data photoname is a command-line utility for renaming/moving photo image files. The new folder location and naming are determined by two things: the photo shoot date information contained within the file's EXIF tags and the usually-camera-assi

RE: [Haskell] Re: Newbie: what are the advantages of Haskell?

2007-04-28 Thread Simon Peyton-Jones
This is an interesting thread but can I urge posters to reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Haskell-cafe mailing list is designed for precisely the kind of discussion in the current thread. But Haskell@haskell.org is a low-bandwidth mailing list for announcements and the like. Thanks Simo

Re: [Haskell] Re: Newbie: what are the advantages of Haskell?

2007-04-28 Thread Rafael
Hi HTTP. We also need better availability of libraries, and a more standard and reliable way to install them and specify their dependencies. We could also do with a good debugger. These are being addressed by the Google Summer of Code project. Hi Neil, a good debugger ? What is in Google Summer

Re: [Haskell] Newbie: what are the advantages of Haskell?

2007-04-28 Thread Udo Stenzel
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > what are the advantages of haskell over semi-functional programming languages > such as Perl, Common Lisp, etc.? A fundamental building block that is superior in maintainability and reusability to objects and procedures, a type system that is actually of help and not a h

Re: [Haskell] Re: Newbie: what are the advantages of Haskell?

2007-04-28 Thread Neil Mitchell
Hi HTTP. We also need better availability of libraries, and a more standard and reliable way to install them and specify their dependencies. We could also do with a good debugger. These are being addressed by the Google Summer of Code project. In addition we could do will a million bindings to e

Re: [Haskell] Re: Newbie: what are the advantages of Haskell?

2007-04-28 Thread Udo Stenzel
Michael T. Richter wrote: > I wish I knew the language better so I could start working on > those libraries. Which ones? "those libraries" cannot come into existence until someone says what's actually missing. (The bulk of CPAN is crap and is certainly not worth being reimplemented.) -Udo --

Re: [Haskell] Re: Newbie: what are the advantages of Haskell?

2007-04-28 Thread mike clemow
On 4/27/07, Taillefer, Troy (EXP) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] By the way Mike thanks you just totally cheered me up I guess I just needed to sit back and think about what I have learned and how valuable it is to me. There had to be some reason you were still hanging around on this list.

[Haskell] ANNOUNCE: Haskell mode for Vim (was: Haskell IDE)

2007-04-28 Thread Claus Reinke
I am happy to announce the Haskell mode for Vim.. just kidding, of course!-) there is no single best Haskell mode for Vim, but there are certainly numerous Vimmers out there with their own personalized Haskell mode settings for Vim, and there are certainly numerous Haskellers out there looking fo

Re: [Haskell] Newbie: what are the advantages of Haskell?

2007-04-28 Thread Robert Daniel Emerson
Dear Phiroc, I am also a newbie to Haskell, but I also must confess having a sort of religious conversion. I also admit that the learning curve for Haskell, and in particular associated theory is steep, and I am only on the fist rung of the ladder. Some of what I say here has been echoed by oth