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0 pointsParetoOptimal3y ago0 comments

> In fact, I challenge you to develop a first-person shooter in Haskell (Have fun).

https://hackage.haskell.org/package/frag

> There are many types of applications where functional languages are perfect, but there are more that it would be a disaster.

Can you give an example or two of an application in a functional language would be a disaster?

> To make broad sweeping claims, such as this article, just encourages unnecessary discourse, and shows the ignorance of the author, and his limited understanding

No, it's an opposing viewpoint to the popular "right tool for the job" and "take the best from functional, best from imperative, and smash them together".

See "The curse of the excluded middle by Erik Meijer".

> As an employer, I don't hire people for their functional programming skills.

I certainly choose my jobs with language and ecosystem in mind.

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deviantbit3y ago

frag-1.1.2 failed during the building phase. The exception was: ExitFailure 1

Go fix that for us.

``Can you give an example or two of an application in a functional language would be a disaster?``

Sure, code that tests its self. Not happening. Which means, most embedded applications where fault tolerance is a must. If you don't know what caused the error, well, lets here your ignorant response. Explain how you trap those problems in a functional language, and do it as simple as you can, say in C, or Pascal.

``opposing viewpoint to the popular "right tool for the job"``

So you advocate a hammer for screw. Got it. You're exactly the kinda of person I won't hire. You're so bent on proving you're right, you ignore the right tool for the right job.

tome3y ago

> frag-1.1.2 failed during the building phase. The exception was: ExitFailure 1 > > Go fix that for us.

Isn't there an error message just above saying that you need to install the development version of the GL library? Fix it yourself; we can't!

Granted, that error message could be made easier to read.

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