Why I Support the Haskell Foundation

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Post by cdsmith » Thu, Jun 17, 2021, 1:18 AM UTC

Why I Support the Haskell Foundation
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Re: Why I Support the Haskell Foundation

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Post by jhvkjhk » Thu, Jun 17, 2021, 4:09 AM UTC

> I’ve lost count of the stories I have heard from others about how our community welcomed them when they needed a friend, felt alienated and alone, doubted themselves, or felt like they couldn’t make it in the world.

Wow, I never thought a programming language community can help people overcome negative feelings. These storeis are really nice.

Re: Why I Support the Haskell Foundation

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Post by rataata_jr » Thu, Jun 17, 2021, 5:53 AM UTC

I really love haskell, but I cant understand why everything has to be about raical diversity.

Re: Why I Support the Haskell Foundation

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Post by ijlx » Thu, Jun 17, 2021, 6:18 AM UTC

rataata_jr wrote: post #3

I really love haskell, but I cant understand why everything has to be about raical diversity.

This article talked about so much more than racial diversity, is that all you got out of it?

Re: Why I Support the Haskell Foundation

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Post by Ice_cream_suit » Thu, Jun 17, 2021, 7:09 AM UTC

rataata_jr wrote: post #3

I really love haskell, but I cant understand why everything has to be about raical diversity.

I had to go back and reread the article to find the reference you objected to.

The article has 25 paragraphs. Near the bottom of the article, one line in one paragraph, mentioned racial diversity in passing.

Is that really a problem for you ?

Re: Why I Support the Haskell Foundation

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Post by xvilka » Thu, Jun 17, 2021, 7:22 AM UTC

Article mentioned Apple with their own mainstream language, I suppose Swift. But it's far from being mainstream, didn't gain the desired attention and failed miserably with TensorFlow. Thus, it's a niche language making no sense outside of the Apple ecosystem. Is not a serious contender to Haskell.

Re: Why I Support the Haskell Foundation

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Post by auggierose » Thu, Jun 17, 2021, 7:47 AM UTC

xvilka wrote: post #6

Article mentioned Apple with their own mainstream language, I suppose Swift. But it's far from being mainstream, didn't gain the desired attention and failed miserably with TensorFlow. Thus, it's a niche language making no sense outside of the Apple ecosystem. Is not a serious contender to Haskell.

Swift TensorFlow wasn't an Apple thing, I think. And it never made sense in the first place ...

Re: Why I Support the Haskell Foundation

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Post by ookdatnog » Thu, Jun 17, 2021, 7:56 AM UTC

rataata_jr wrote: post #3

I really love haskell, but I cant understand why everything has to be about raical diversity.

I think there is a meaningful difference between the predicates "is about racial diversity" and "mentions racial diversity in one paragraph near the bottom".

Re: Why I Support the Haskell Foundation

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Post by amelius » Thu, Jun 17, 2021, 8:15 AM UTC

Why can't FOSS projects get structural support from governments, the way science is funded?

Re: Why I Support the Haskell Foundation

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Post by apetrovic » Thu, Jun 17, 2021, 8:52 AM UTC

xvilka wrote: post #6

Article mentioned Apple with their own mainstream language, I suppose Swift. But it's far from being mainstream, didn't gain the desired attention and failed miserably with TensorFlow. Thus, it's a niche language making no sense outside of the Apple ecosystem. Is not a serious contender to Haskell.

Swift is mainstream in Apple ecosystem, like VB (and C# before dotnet went open source) was in MS ecosystem back in the day. I'm not questioning Haskell influence and importance, but, what you think, how many developers use Swift and get paid to work in Swift every day, compared to Haskell developers?