Re:Why I prefer scheme to Haskell
by stcredzero on Monday April 09, 2012 @03:32PM
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You can sling dicts around in Haskell too if you want to. The reason people don't is that the alternative is easier.
This is extraordinary if it is true -- it would mean something in Haskell has succeeded in making the designed/intended "right way" in a programming language the "easy way."
I'm not so sure finding the right way to design a language/environment is right for a sole design focus anymore. A programming language/environment should be designed to unify and leverage the power of a community, in a way that elevates it above the level of "pop culture." (Where a pop culture is defined as one where the rate of change far outstrips the growth of actual value/knowledge.)
This is extraordinary if it is true -- it would mean something in Haskell has succeeded in making the designed/intended "right way" in a programming language the "easy way."
I'm not so sure finding the right way to design a language/environment is right for a sole design focus anymore. A programming language/environment should be designed to unify and leverage the power of a community, in a way that elevates it above the level of "pop culture." (Where a pop culture is defined as one where the rate of change far outstrips the growth of actual value/knowledge.)