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This is the kind of talk from Haskell folks that I find incredibly annoying. Where's Haskell's Squeak? Where's Haskell's Lisp Machine? It doesn't take much poking around to find out that non-trivial interactive programming like sophisticated games and user interfaces is still cutting very edge stuff.

Gimme a break.

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I'm sorry, but you're upset because folks are passionate about a language that brings new perspective, and maybe is not exactly as useful in some areas as existing solutions? This is exactly the kind of attachment Bret warns about.

I don't think I expressed attachment to any particular solution or approach - I simply pointed out an extremely large aspect of modern software engineering where Haskell's supposed benefits aren't all that clear. So who's attached?

This strikes me as being mad the Tesla doesn't compete in F1.

Are you trying to compare interactive software, one of the dominant forms of programs and widely used by billions of people every day, to formula 1 cars, an engineering niche created solely for a set of artificial racing criteria?

A better analogy would be being mad that the Tesla can't drive on the interstate.

"sophisticated games" pretty specifically implies contemporary 3d gaming, which is not a useful criteria for exploring a fundamental paradigm shift in programming.

The fact that you think a lisp machine is an "extremely large aspect of modern software engineering" certainly makes me feel that you are expressing an attachment to a particular approach.

I'm not saying it's all there yet, just that it's a way forward.

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