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Re:The Haskell job market has been growing steaily since 2008 by amelius on Sunday July 16, 2023 @08:01AM (#36746015)
> Haskell's Rube Goldberg machine aspects

Eh, it's the other way around. As you keep adding functionality to a program in an imperative language, at some point it will turn into a mess that you can describe as a Rube Goldberg machine.

Functional programming allows one to keep one's head cool, and thus you will reach tipping point complexity at a much later stage.

FP allows one to build taller buildings. This is what attracts smart people to Haskell.

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Re:The Haskell job market has been growing steaily since 2008 by tome on Monday July 17, 2023 @03:07AM (#36755020)
Agreed, I was surprised too. Haskell is the only language I've used in which the codebase doesn't turn into a Rube Goldberg machine in the short amount of time (granted most of that was Python -- maybe it's Python in particular that has a problem).
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