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Yeah, ok, let's say it's true that it's no more difficult to learn Haskell as opposed to any other... with a mindshare of 0.29% ( according to something like th
by ConcernedCoder 7y ago
Yeah, ok, let's say it's true that it's no more difficult to learn Haskell as opposed to any other... with a mindshare of 0.29% ( according to something like this: http://pypl.github.io/PYPL.html http://pypl.github.io/PYPL.html ) isn't that like saying that it's no more difficult to learn "Upper Egyptian Arabic" ( see: http://pypl.github.io/PYPL.html http://pypl.github.io/PYPL.html ) rather than something a little more esoteric? ... i.e. WHY would you want to learn it unless you have a very specific use-case, i.e. moving to Egypt
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- tome 7y agoDid you click through to the article? The HN title is (currently) "Learning Haskell is no harder than learning any other programming language". The article's actual title is "You are already smart enough to write Haskell". You appear to be responding to what a zealous mod wrote not what anyone actually believes. (See also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21171487 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21171487)
- ConcernedCoder 7y agoMy point was/is that even if it IS easy to learn, relatively speaking, WHY would you want to learn it when it's obviously a niche language... I mean a REALLY small niche at that...