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Re:How does one get off Haskell? by michaelfairley on Friday June 18, 2010 @03:25AM (#1441580)
Some languages are just more fun and more productive to work with. There is no Golder Hammer, but there are jackhammers, and I'd sure as hell rather break through a rock with one of those than a hammer.
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Re:How does one get off Haskell? by stcredzero on Friday June 18, 2010 @03:58AM (#1441627)
Actually, there have been many Haskell programs winning programming contests. A lot of times, the programs are like 3X smaller and get finished long before non-Haskell competitors.
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Re:How does one get off Haskell? by snprbob86 on Friday June 18, 2010 @04:16AM (#1441655)
Links?
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Re:How does one get off Haskell? by tmorgan on Friday June 18, 2010 @05:36AM (#1441757)
http://icfpcontest.org/

although "functional programming" is in the name, any language can enter. lots of Haskell and other FP winners in there. Although in '08 a Java team won..

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Re:How does one get off Haskell? by stcredzero on Friday June 18, 2010 @04:37AM (#1441679)
Google
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Re:How does one get off Haskell? by tunaslut on Friday June 18, 2010 @04:25AM (#1441664)
true, but sometimes, you don't have the jackhammer and have to improvise. c'est la vie :)
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