Re: [Haskell-cafe] Re: Dr Dobbs: Time to get good at functional programming

2008-12-08 Thread Jason Dusek
It's just there so you can show your boss it was in Dr. Dobbs, and so your boss can think "Wow, I know what FP is -- thank you, Dr. Dobbs!". For this purpose, the only thing better is if we could somehow get them to mention Microsoft everywhere they mention Haskell. Any actual explaini

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Re: Dr Dobbs: Time to get good at functional programming

2008-12-08 Thread Thomas Schilling
That "article" is an incredibly half-assed job. It reads like a high-school essay, thrown together in a hurry before a 1 hour deadline. Maybe it's a good sign that people think they have to do this, but it really doesn't help anyone who wants to know why FP might be worth learing. 2008/12/8 Stef

[Haskell-cafe] Re: Dr Dobbs: Time to get good at functional programming

2008-12-08 Thread Stefan Monnier
> http://www.ddj.com/development-tools/212201710;jsessionid=3MQLTTYJRPL3CQSNDLRSKH0CJUNN2JVN Do they purposefully obfuscate names? I mean who are those "Martin Obersky" and "Don Sype"? Stefan ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.