[Haskell-cafe] Why are OCaml and Haskell being used at these companies?

[Donn Cave]

On Nov 12, 2007, at 12:00 PM, Galchin Vasili wrote:
> I am looking for (objective.. i.e. not juts FPL cheerleading)  
> opinions as to why Wall Street ( http://www.janestcapital.com/) and  
> banking  are now using OCaml and Haskell. I really want to  
> understand what industrial markets are adopting FPLs and why in  
> order to help push FPLs penetration into industry.
I wouldn't know about that, but incidentally, the first I heard of a  
distinct Wall Street
software world, in the 90's, they were looking for Smalltalk  
programmers.  Who knows
what those crazy guys will be doing next.

	Donn Cave, donn at drizzle.com