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Re:Static checking of units in Servo by coldtea on Monday June 23, 2014 @06:54PM (#7935274)
>I've heard from people that learned Haskell independently or went through my guide alike that benefited greatly from having learned Haskell despite not using it at work.

Could also be a failure to admit they wasted their time, because of sunk costs et al.

Not meaning it as snark -- it can always be a valid hypothesis when we're talking about people.

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Re:Static checking of units in Servo by dllthomas on Monday June 23, 2014 @06:58PM (#7935296)
I've been using Haskell "at work" on my side projects (which involve other people and a live website, not just toying around), and I'd say that having learned it has impacted the C that I write in my day job. I wouldn't say I'd wasted the time, with or without an impact on my C code.
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Re:Static checking of units in Servo by coolsunglasses on Monday June 23, 2014 @06:58PM (#7935293)
No, I know what you mean and I've run into that. I take people don't use/write Haskell regularly and claim to understand it less seriously for this reason.

But people that I think got something out of it seem to be benefiting. One is a startup CTO that was using Clojure before - he's ship-of-theseus'ing his way out.

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