[Haskell-cafe] Only vaporware needs promises

[Tom Ellis]

On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 03:21:28PM +0200, Ertugrul Söylemez wrote:
> Tom Ellis <tom-lists-haskell-cafe-2013 at jaguarpaw.co.uk> wrote:
> > Hear hear!  Hopefully we, the Haskell community, will be able to
> > support this endevour with our time and efforts.
> 
> Every Haskell user does this in their own way by use, feedback, uploads
> to Hackage, authoring wiki articles or blog articles or simply by
> helping people.  The Haskell community has a huge momentum right now and
> the language is developed by smart people.
> 
> What does /not/ help is a thread like this.  If you want to support the
> development of Haskell, don't unsafeCoerce people into making useless
> promises.  Instead grab your web browser, text editor or whiteboard and
> do your part!

Indeed Ertugul, that's exactly what I mean.

Tom