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by tored 1869 days ago
Linux is like PHP and BSD is like Haskell.
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tharne 1869 days ago
This is an absurdly good analogy.
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mikece 1869 days ago
If PHP supported containers and Haskell didn't -- though we all know Haskell's `jails` feature is absurdly better in all respects, and all white-coated CompSci PhDs know it.
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gautamcgoel 1869 days ago
Can you elaborate please? I'm not quite grasping the analogy.
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tored 1869 days ago
Linux/PHP

  * GPL license (until PHP4)
  * evolutionary
  * has warts
  * pragmatic
  * gets shit done
  * everyone uses it
  * lots tips online (good and bad)
  * you have crazy idea, too late, it has already been done
BSD/Haskell

  * BSD license 
  * designed
  * elegant
  * by the book
  * theoretically correct
  * nobody uses it
  * read the man pages
  * you shouldn't do that
probably more, maybe something about globals vs jails/monads. Many of these things stems from evolutionary vs designed.
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