I'm a noob programmer, and i've noticed that some languages are referred to as toy languages, and are much maligned. I know a small amount of Haskell and C, and everything seems much quicker and easier to do in Haskell, so why do people make fun of it all the time?
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Anonymous2007-10-05 10:06
The worst thing about anonymous forums, i can't actually prove this, but i am the OP.
First of all the original post wasn't a troll, but a genuine question. My lecturer has talked about people hating Haskell and functional programming quite a bit, but i'd only heard his side of the story (he's pro-Haskell, did his thesis in it and all).
I have another question also, this one even more noob than the last. What is the definition of functional programming? as much as i've searched i've been unable to find a satisfactory answer.
in before Troll.
also sorry to those i offend by putting a serious question in a 4chan thread.