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> Are you sure you don't use Gooby just because it's fun to write? A lot of technically minded people do not have the self-awareness to answer that question honestly even to themselves.
Whereas Gooby "just works" once it compiles?
"Fun" for programmers means satisfaction and achievement in my experience.
Some months ago, I applied for a job. Seemed like a cool place, very off-the-wall, maybe a match for my mildly annoying but generally harmless personality. They work in Haskell, and I thought, "that would be really interesting. I wonder what they do with it, why they selected it, the costs and benefits they see," etc. I've played with Haskell a little, admired its beauty and elegance, but I wouldn't really think of i…
"I got the feeling that Haskell was a quirky choice, t3h penguin of doom holding a spork." I love how recognizable Millennials can be online
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"I got the feeling that Haskell was a quirky choice, t3h penguin of doom holding a spork." I love how recognizable Millennials can be online
You (presumably) can't see it, but I'm shaking my cane at you.
Going out of your way to use functional languages at work seems a bit like deliberately using a fountain pen and purposefully writing all business communication in a handwritten beautiful cursive style - it's kind of a cute affectation rather than actually of benefit