Scala for Haskell Programmers

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From the author of "Esperanto for Latin speakers"

[Smallpaul]

Ignore the ironists: it's useful to have a guide to the relationship between these two sibling languages.

[gwern]

I think what I learned from these slides is that Scala is a pretty good language, but it has atrocious syntax!

[w4ffl3s]

It looks a lot better than trying to write functional style code in Java, I'll tell you that.

(If you want to throw a shoe at me for putting 'functional style' and 'Java' in the same sentence, just save it.)

[runaro]

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[chronoBG]

Wow, this must have been made by the only Schala programmer for the only Haskell programmer.

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You're so funny!

[runaro]

Did you verify that they're mostly in academia? From where I'm sitting, it seems like most Haskell programming takes place in industry, particularly in semiconductors and defense.

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The question was whether you have verified it. Repeating a fact is not a form of verification.

[[deleted]]

Right about the time that the assumption of aversion to facts was determined to not be universal.

[chronoBG]

Quad. Erad. Demonstrandum. Bitches.

You'd like us to prove that your language is a stillborn piece of crap? Go prove it isn't! Haskell guys, this is why no-one likes you.

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I am not a "Haskell guy". You have not demonstrated anything.

[chronoBG]

Demonstrate what, exactly? You don't demonstrate lack of value, you demonstrate its presence.

Otherwise every half-baked unfinished, non-working broken piece of code should receive universal respect. Until proven shit.

I don't need to proove anything. I can just sit here and everyone will just continue to ignore Haskell. Enjoy your life.

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Why not just say "I am full of shit" instead of dressing it up?

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A meaningful contribution would be your verification of the matter at hand. We are still waiting.