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Re:Why GitHub used Haskell for Semantic by dev_dull on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @10:21PM (#20111001)
> even getting it to parse some complex data coming from a JSON feed into a usable form requires a good understanding of the type system.

This is a good litmus test for the usability of a language. There’s no reason parsing json should be difficult.

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Re:Why GitHub used Haskell for Semantic by hesselink on Thursday June 06, 2019 @08:57AM (#20114077)
It isn't, I don't understand where this comment comes from. You can derive the entire thing without writing a line of parsing code.
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