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Re:Show HN: Stretch – A high-performance cross-platform layo... by spinningslate on Monday April 29, 2019 @05:10PM (#19782643)
> Competence compensates for a monoculture.

Sometimes. But motivation matters. The motivation behind ghc is clearly and unequivocally to advance the Haskell ecosystem. The motivation behind Chrome's dominance is another thing entirely.

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Re:Show HN: Stretch – A high-performance cross-platform layo... by jfk13 on Monday April 29, 2019 @05:19PM (#19782714)
In addition, the Haskell ecosystem is only one among many programming ecosystems that we can choose among for any given task. If the Haskell ecosystem is a monoculture, and isn't headed in a direction that suits your needs, you can choose another environment.

There's (pretty much) only one Web that needs to serve us all.

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