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Simon Peyton Jones - Haskell is useless

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What it is

A short clip of Simon Peyton Jones talking about the future of programming languages, saying Haskell is useless in the sense that pure programs cannot have effects, while mainstream languages are useful but unsafe. He describes languages converging, with ideas such as STM and LINQ moving between them.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it constantly in language debates for his useful-versus-safe diagram and the convergence of languages, with commenters clarifying that his remark predates how Haskell handles effects.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2012, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “A good talk on topic [1]”

    Talk on soundness versus completeness

    ernst_klim, 2023-10 · Recommendation · in “Was Rust Worth It?”

  2. “his enthusiasm can even make the mseemingly most boring topic interesting”

    SPJ's enthusiasm makes even boring topics interesting

    ReleaseCandidat, 2024-06 · Recommendation · in “Gerald Sussman: Programming is (should be) fun (2022) [video]”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: haskell, simon peyton jones, purity, language convergence, type safety, effects

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