Prominent Haskell defector pilloried by anti-AI purists
“It's foolish to try to change to LLMs in a kneejerk fashion because no one knows what's on the horizon.”Putting the fun into functional programmingHaskell, a functional programming language that debuted in 1990, may not appeal to fast-moving startups. 46 in the latest TIOBE index of programming language popularity, with a rating of less than half a percent.Favoring recursion and immutable data over conventional imperative loops and mutable state, the language's mathematical underpinnings can intimidate even experienced developers. Nevertheless, it has attracted a highly dedicated following, particularly within academia.Press has been one of Haskell’s most vocal proponents, and has even served on the language’s foundation board.
- ▪“It's foolish to try to change to LLMs in a kneejerk fashion because no one knows what's on the horizon.”Putting the fun into functional programmingHaskell, a functional programming language that debuted in 1990, may not appeal to fast-movi
- ▪46 in the latest TIOBE index of programming language popularity, with a rating of less than half a percent.Favoring recursion and immutable data over conventional imperative loops and mutable state, the language's mathematical underpinnings
- ▪Nevertheless, it has attracted a highly dedicated following, particularly within academia.Press has been one of Haskell’s most vocal proponents, and has even served on the language’s foundation board.
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