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blackbook

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    Comment #8827893

    I have seen the /r/haskell subreddit. I lurked there for a few of months and my overall impression of it unfortunately is a sizable portion of people on that subreddit treat others…

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    Comment #8827863

    I am looking to write some scientific programs in which I have a good degree of confidence is accurate and are easily understandable, maintainable, and extendible. Speed, in terms …

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    Comment #8827080

    > I mean, how does the logic even work that leads from "some people think that this text is good for learning about X but I find it is 'inadequate and sometimes confusing' to me" t…

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    Comment #8827075

    PC-lint. It has served me well.

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    Comment #8826872

    Thanks for the link. I see 5 benefits listed. Concise code; native code optimization (LLVM) and compilation; parallel and concurrent runtime; debuggers, profiling tools, refactorin…

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    Comment #8826842

    I am confused. If you feel there are much better languages than Haskell, how would Haskell be the "theoretically most advanced language"? As far as what I have learned and how I ha…

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    Comment #8826808

    So, the only tangible benefit you see is "it enriches our understanding as a community regarding language design and program design"? To be clear, when you say, "I think that is a …

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    Comment #8826792

    So, are you saying there are no tangible benefits?

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    Comment #8826789

    Where would you suggest I ask?

  10. story
    Ask HN: What are specific tangible benefits of learning Haskell?

    I've worked in C/C++ for many years and recently started trying to learn Haskell. As many new people learning Haskell, I am running into issues with not just the quality of learnin…