<div dir="ltr">I'll just add that there are many companies that use Haskell in a professional setting (including the one I work for!) You can see a few at the bottom of the Haskell Foundation's website: <a href="https://haskell.foundation/">https://haskell.foundation/</a>.<div><br></div><div>It's certainly an odd remark by your professor; but it also likely comes from their own experience; everyone has lived life in their own different way; maybe this person has just been exposed to more commercial Erlang than me; almost certainly :) So I would take the comment more with curiosity; to learn <i>why</i> they feel Erlang is more suitable; it's probably a good opportunity to learn something interesting!</div><div><br></div><div>That said, I do think Haskell has an "academic" vibe that it will do well to shake off at some point!</div><div><br></div><div>--</div><div>Noon</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 15 Nov 2023 at 20:25, Adrian Cochrane <<a href="mailto:adrian@openwork.nz">adrian@openwork.nz</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi from New Zealand!<br>
<br>
My Haskell usage is more hobbyist than academic or industrial, but I've <br>
got a massive personal project written in Haskell (a browser engine). <br>
And I'm actively for one of my upcoming contracts (a converter between <br>
metadata formats) to use Haskell!<br>
<br>
I find I'm more productive in Haskell, and that my code is of generally <br>
higher quality. Its certainly not a popular language (neither is Erlang) <br>
though, which I have to actively plan for when suggesting it for a <br>
project. But given the dominance of C/C++, does that count for much?<br>
<br>
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> I write to you about the usage of Haskell because I had a professor recommending me Erlang instead because Haskell was "more for academic purposes", which left me wondering if all my time spent was spent only for curiosity sake.<br>
> <br>
> I want to know how true my professor's statement is.<br>
> <br>
> I am very passionate about Haskell, although I admit the ecosystem can be confusing sometimes (for example, when to use cabal or stack, which versions of packages to use in order to avoid conflicts, or simply installing them through nixos or arch can be a learning process).<br>
> <br>
> Would love to hear your thoughts about all of this and thank you with all my heart.<br>
> <br>
> Lastly, all these wonderings are asked in a curious, "wanting to learn more" mindset.<br>
> <br>
> Kind regards,<br>
> Henrique Caldeira<br>
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> Yesod (<a href="https://yesodweb.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://yesodweb.com</a>), Servant (<a href="https://www.servant.dev" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.servant.dev</a>), Pandoc (<br>
> <a href="https://pandoc.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://pandoc.com</a>), HLedger (<a href="https://hledger.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://hledger.org</a>), and XMonad (<br>
> <a href="https://xmonad.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xmonad.org</a>), among others, argue against Haskell being only an<br>
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> (I'm the principal maintainer of xmonad, but not involved with the other<br>
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> On Tue, Nov 14, 2023 at 4:28 PM Henrique Caldeira <<a href="mailto:h.caldeira@ua.pt" target="_blank">h.caldeira@ua.pt</a>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
>> Good Evening from Portugal,<br>
>><br>
>> I write to you about the usage of Haskell because I had a professor<br>
>> recommending me Erlang instead because Haskell was "more for academic<br>
>> purposes", which left me wondering if all my time spent was spent only for<br>
>> curiosity sake.<br>
>><br>
>> I want to know how true my professor's statement is.<br>
>><br>
>> I am very passionate about Haskell, although I admit the ecosystem can be<br>
>> confusing sometimes (for example, when to use cabal or stack, which<br>
>> versions of packages to use in order to avoid conflicts, or simply<br>
>> installing them through nixos or arch can be a learning process).<br>
>><br>
>> Would love to hear your thoughts about all of this and thank you with all<br>
>> my heart.<br>
>><br>
>> Lastly, all these wonderings are asked in a curious, "wanting to learn<br>
>> more" mindset.<br>
>><br>
>> Kind regards,<br>
>> Henrique Caldeira<br>
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