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Re:Why do some people like difficult programming languages s... by psygnisfive on Saturday September 22, 2007 @01:10AM (#58257)
I don't program in Haskell, but I find the language to be incredibly alluring and appealing because it seems almost like a way to access the Comp. Sci. gnosis. It's so different, and so incredibly elegant and amazing in what it does and how it does it, that it feels as tho it reveals some arcane, secret knowledge that, once appreciated, will change how you view every aspect of reality itself.
Re:Why do some people like difficult programming languages s... by tel on Saturday September 22, 2007 @04:47PM (#58392)
Haskell is fun in that you get to write things using combinators, through abusing laziness, and in a style that feels very mathematical. It makes me program utility function combinators in other languages, which is excellent.

It's not so fun the moment you want to use more than one Monad at once, though.

Re:Why do some people like difficult programming languages s... by comatose_kid on Saturday September 22, 2007 @04:47PM (#58391)
Dude...get a grip...it's a programming language, not LSD.
Re:Why do some people like difficult programming languages s... by yters on Saturday September 22, 2007 @11:22AM (#58338)
Damn, now I have to learn Haskell.