Re:The Haskell Elephant in the Room
by chrisseaton on Thursday July 30, 2020 @05:48PM
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Maybe it's just me, but these sentences are so vague and indirect as to mean nothing to me.
I think it's a shame because if you're going to accuse someone of something, at least make your accusation clear and direct so they can respond to it specifically.
> Painfully, some of the very founding contributors to Haskell itself are the ones deepest involved in this ring.
> In this new era the Haskell community itself has simply become a tool to buy legitimacy and pump token values. The reputation of our community is now used to defraud the public and convince non-technical users of the soundness of an utterly unsound investment.
> I have avoided names ... however core Haskell companies such as Well-Typed, Tweag and FP Complete have been deeply complicit in building up this crypto industry for years now.
The article isn't easy to skim, and I think that's the point. The author wants to focus more on why cryptocurrency is a scam, and less on who's guilty.