Re:Haskell in Production: The good, the bad, and the ugly
by merijnv on Wednesday October 31, 2012 @09:47AM
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What do you mean by bandaging the standard? And why are extensions scary?
In general none of the extensions change the behaviour of valid "standard haskell" (beyond adding a small handfull of new keywords, rendering those words illegal as variable names). So calling it "bandaging the standard" seems a bit harsh/odd.
I think extensions are a nice way of keeping the language moving forward without being slowed down by the standardisation process. The standard can then catch up in its own time.
In general none of the extensions change the behaviour of valid "standard haskell" (beyond adding a small handfull of new keywords, rendering those words illegal as variable names). So calling it "bandaging the standard" seems a bit harsh/odd.
I think extensions are a nice way of keeping the language moving forward without being slowed down by the standardisation process. The standard can then catch up in its own time.