Ask HN: Is Haskell Worth Learning?

#1

Post by dhkts1 » Sat, Jun 20, 2020, 7:04 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: Is Haskell Worth Learning?

#2

Post by jonas21 » Sat, Jun 20, 2020, 7:27 PM UTC

No

#3

Post by PaulHoule » Sat, Jun 20, 2020, 7:37 PM UTC

Depends on your goals. Really I think Prolog, Constraint Handling Rules and similar systems are more interesting.

#4

Post by bjourne » Sat, Jun 20, 2020, 7:42 PM UTC

It depends.

#5

Post by quda » Sat, Jun 20, 2020, 8:17 PM UTC

No. Try Elixir. Much more useful in the real world.

#6

Post by MarsTeam » Sat, Jun 20, 2020, 8:44 PM UTC

Yes

#7

Post by karmakaze » Sat, Jun 20, 2020, 10:27 PM UTC

F#

#8

Post by nnoitra » Sat, Jun 20, 2020, 11:32 PM UTC

Absolutely yes, if you have only been working with langs such as C, Java, Javascript etc. Basically it will fundamentally shift your thinking.

Honestly though, I prefer ocaml much more than haskell because it has a cleaner syntax.

#9

Post by diehunde » Sat, Jun 20, 2020, 11:57 PM UTC

If it's only for fun sure. Otherwise no.

#10

Post by splintercell » Sun, Jun 21, 2020, 3:26 AM UTC

quda wrote: post #5

No. Try Elixir. Much more useful in the real world.

He said worth learning, not worth using, and Haskell is absolutely worth learning.