Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by mightybyte 4079 days ago
I strongly disagree. In Haskell the compiler helps me think a LOT more than other languages because it's checking more things for me. I don't have to explore things on the whiteboard, I can explore them in code and get very quick feedback about things I might have missed. I have built things in Haskell that I don't think I would have been able to build in other languages. The compiler is your friend, not your enemy. It's like having another developer there to bounce your ideas off of.

EDIT: Bottom line, I think Haskell also works well for people who "see programming as a cybernetic extension of their mind".
2 comments
seanmcdirmid 4079 days ago
I didn't make a claim, especially that claim. If haskell requires a lot of up front thinking, then it might turn off those who see programming as a cybernetic extension of their mind (using the computer to help you think, vs. thinking to use the computer). I do not know if the premise was true, but was made by the top level post.
link
seanmcdirmid 4079 days ago
On your edit, I also didn't make that claim. All my premises are open.
link