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Write Emacs extensions in Haskell

50 points| lelf | 11 years ago |github.com

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[+] cranium|11 years ago|reply
But... I want to stay with Vim! Why do you do this to me?
[+] davorak|11 years ago|reply
Unless you use more esoteric feature of vim than I do the evil package does a good job of replicating the vim experience for me. I am still in the process of converting myself.
[+] iwince|11 years ago|reply
Why are there so many Haskell articles on HN? It seems like nearly every day there's one or more Haskell articles yet in the real world I've run into one guy in decades that even knew it.
[+] akg|11 years ago|reply
"A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing" -- Alan Perlis

It's not solely just about if it is ready for commercial/real-world applications right now. The language itself is interesting and it definitely shapes a different mode of thinking.

Haskell is evolving rapidly and in interesting ways and those that are interesting in programming (as most of us here are), it's a good place to look and learn from.

[+] dllthomas|11 years ago|reply
Lots of cool stuff is happening in the language, and more people are getting excited about it.
[+] andrewchambers|11 years ago|reply
People love the idea of learning it. Though often give up. Just like learning foreign language.