alt Hacker NewsThe reason we’re not all using Haskell is because like any language it has pros and cons and isn’t the best choice for every niche. Not because “developers become enamored with the language and start to forget about the problem”.
Anyway, why do Go fans always reach for the Haskell strawman in discussions like this? Most mainstream languages are not nearly as exotic as Haskell, while also not being intentionally crippled like Go. But for some reason Go fans always want to compare it to Haskell.
Even JavaScript, Python and Java are not allergic to adding modern features like iterator map/filter/etc., do you think those are esoteric ivory tower languages too?
> The reason we’re not all using Haskell is because like any language it has pros and cons and isn’t the best choice for every niche.
Exactly. Thanks for reiterating.
> Anyway, why do Go fans always reach for the Haskell strawman in discussions like this?
What's a Go fan? Someone who thinks that Go blows? That is as bizarre as becoming enamoured by a language. What leads one to have feelings about a language anyway? It is an impossible to understand concept for me.
> Even JavaScript, Python and Java are not allergic to adding modern features like iterator map/filter/etc.
In what world are patterns from the 1960s "modern"? Do you consider selt belts in cars to also be a modern feature?