tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697929553688711480.post2016758909228910089..comments2010-07-30T11:52:08.778-07:00Ryan Brushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619577469724926326noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697929553688711480.post-62165712478761689492007-02-07T01:32:00.000-08:002007-02-07T01:32:00.000-08:00I think best way to convince the world about the benefits of functional programming is to show good programs written in functional style.Aivarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17853578150177980026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697929553688711480.post-71925634732784365762007-02-06T15:06:00.000-08:002007-02-06T15:06:00.000-08:00If you haven't read Paul Graham's "The Hundred-Year Language" essay yet, you should check it out.<br /><br />http://www.paulgraham.com/hundred.htmlAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024907923214468515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697929553688711480.post-72592078360897133702007-02-06T09:57:00.000-08:002007-02-06T09:57:00.000-08:00Perhaps one of the major problems in computer programming is something else. Programming languages are designed so that only a very narrow group of mental types can comprehend it. Therefore, the culture of computer programming has a narrow world view. Perhaps, there are so many bugs and so little success because only a very narrow range of intelligent people can grasp the infrastructure as it currently exists, and contribute?<br /><br />Just a thought?SamFeltushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01491918064734887173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697929553688711480.post-3850651509573593752007-02-06T03:34:00.000-08:002007-02-06T03:34:00.000-08:00perl6. Built on top of haskell. Should be coming er... any day now :)Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17286126610801307909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697929553688711480.post-61053937868206344582007-02-05T22:30:00.000-08:002007-02-05T22:30:00.000-08:00It is the culture shift that is most important in creating quality software. As you have found in Haskel, you can write rubbish code in any language, and as my colleagues have told me: you can write good code in languages like Perl ;-) .<br /><br />Languages do tend to have a culture around them that shows in say their newsgroups and advocacy groups that goes beyond the semantics of the language - Python has 'The Zen of Python' <br />Try typing:<br /> python -c "import this"<br /><br />So for your next language, although you need to have a new, language with some killer feature to get peoples attention - you also need to market heavily how you think it should be used to get it to be used in that way.<br /><br />...But people looking for a quick fix will still shun you :-)<br /><br />- Paddy.Paddy3118http://www.blogger.com/profile/06899509753521482267noreply@blogger.com