Re:What Is Good About Haskell?
by the_af on Thursday October 03, 2019 @09:13AM
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> There's nothing unreadable [...] it's just unfamiliar if you don't know Rust
Agreed. Note the same applies to Haskell's syntax :)
People confuse "readable" with "based in my knowledge of Java and C, I can't make head or tails of this notation without reading a tutorial first", which in my opinion is not a sensible conclusion.
Re:What Is Good About Haskell?
by crispinb on Thursday October 03, 2019 @05:29PM
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It's not entirely sensible, but it is understandable. I don't think most programmers are truly aware of how much they know, and how deeply automatic their recognition of programming constructs has become.
Agreed. Note the same applies to Haskell's syntax :)
People confuse "readable" with "based in my knowledge of Java and C, I can't make head or tails of this notation without reading a tutorial first", which in my opinion is not a sensible conclusion.