[Haskell-cafe] #haskell irc channel reaches 400 users

[Albert Y. C. Lai]

Andrew Coppin wrote:
> ...does this mean Haskell is officially harder to understand than Lisp, 
> Java, Perl and O'Caml? :-}
> 
> (OTOH, does this mean Haskell is easier to understand than PHP or C++?)

Or, Haskell is the easiest to understand of them all.

Reason: Extremely large channel means so hard to understand that many 
people want help. Extremely small channel means so hard to understand 
that few people show interest. The middle-sized channel sits at the 
sweet spot.