Re:Why Learning Haskell/Python Makes You a Worse Programmer
by villageidiot on Tuesday December 23, 2008 @12:45PM
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The title is catchy but imprecise. After discovering the concision of python and haskell, the author has less tolerance for the verbosity of c#, the language with which he earns his living. Perhaps the solution is to earn a living with a more concise language.
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Re:Why Learning Haskell/Python Makes You a Worse Programmer
by nirmal on Tuesday December 23, 2008 @01:02PM
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The moral of the story: don't bother improving yourself, unless you have the freedom to improve your environment accordingly.
That's the moral of the story? That's not a moral, that's whining.
Re:Why Learning Haskell/Python Makes You a Worse Programmer
by fauigerzigerk on Tuesday December 23, 2008 @03:01PM
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I just wonder how I should be able to find out that the environment needs improving without improving myself first.
Re:Why Learning Haskell/Python Makes You a Worse Programmer
by qqq on Tuesday December 23, 2008 @01:05PM
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Don't improve? Seems immoral.
Re:Why Learning Haskell/Python Makes You a Worse Programmer
by mojombo on Tuesday December 23, 2008 @02:25PM
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Agreed. Making a living with Haskell may be difficult in the world that we live in, but doing so with Python should not pose a serious challenge. There are still plenty of jobs out there for talented coders, but you'll always be stuck at the same job if you don't GO AND LOOK FOR A NEW JOB that allows you to wield your new-found power. Nobody's going to change your situation for you, that's something that you have to do for yourself.