Haskell is actually used by companies to solve practical problems, a non trivial example being Facebook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlTO510zO78 Not too bad for an abstract experimentation.
Great article. One nitpick: > One of the biggest benefits of using a systems programming language is the ability to have control over low-level details. I think this is a misguided conflation of "systems programming"…
I second this, notably for programming related queries. I have been using DDG for a year or so now, and never looked back.
Here at https://legalstart.fr, we have been using Elm for a few months now, and this experience has been quite positive. What we liked: - the compiler: not only does it prevent a lot of bugs, it allows us to refactor…
Haskell is actually used by companies to solve practical problems, a non trivial example being Facebook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlTO510zO78 Not too bad for an abstract experimentation.
Great article. One nitpick: > One of the biggest benefits of using a systems programming language is the ability to have control over low-level details. I think this is a misguided conflation of "systems programming"…
I second this, notably for programming related queries. I have been using DDG for a year or so now, and never looked back.
Here at https://legalstart.fr, we have been using Elm for a few months now, and this experience has been quite positive. What we liked: - the compiler: not only does it prevent a lot of bugs, it allows us to refactor…