<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META content="text/html; charset=us-ascii" http-equiv=Content-Type>
<META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 11.00.10570.1001"></HEAD>
<BODY text=#000000 bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#000080 face=Calibri><SPAN
class=212574821-19012018>Amen to that! Discovering Haskell was a revelation for
me as well. I couldn't believe the beauty of it. Despite reading a lot about
Haskell, and watching some very entertaining videos featuring SPJ among others,
I never got comfortable at it (using C++ in my day job). Still, it is a great
inspiration for me. I am delighted that this beautiful language exists, and I do
hope that one day I'll be decent at it, but even if I don't I am richer for
it.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#000080 face=Calibri><SPAN
class=212574821-19012018></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#000080 face=Calibri><SPAN
class=212574821-19012018>Happy birthday Simon, and many
thanks!</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#000080 face=Calibri><SPAN
class=212574821-19012018></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#000080 face=Calibri><SPAN
class=212574821-19012018>-greg</SPAN></FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV lang=en-us class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left>
<HR tabIndex=-1>
<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> Haskell-Cafe
[mailto:haskell-cafe-bounces@haskell.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Neil
Mayhew<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 19, 2018 4:14 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Haskell
Cafe<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Haskell-cafe] A small
milestone<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV><FONT face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">On 2018-01-18 07:16 PM,
Henk-Jan van Tuyl wrote:<BR></FONT>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid:op.zc2gk2gdpz0j5l@alquantor type="cite"><FONT
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><FONT color=#339999>Congratulations and
thanks for all the work on the beautiful language I have been studying and
using the last fifteen years. </FONT><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><BR>I would like to echo that. I would also
like to thank you, Simon, for your courteous, positive, humble and cooperative
attitude that has set the tone for our whole community.<BR><BR>I had been
programming for over thirty years when I discovered Haskell, and through it
functional programming, in 2008. It was a complete revelation to me, and I've
not looked back. I now don't want to work in any other language if I can
possibly help it. I think Haskell hits a sweet spot of expressiveness, safety
and performance that is unmatched among mainstream languages. I've experimented
with some other functional languages, and I think Haskell stands head and
shoulders above them all.<BR><BR>Happy Birthday, Simon
:-)<BR><BR>—Neil<BR></FONT></BODY></HTML>