[Haskell-cafe] On the verge of ... giving up!

[Andrew Coppin]

Steven Fodstad wrote:
>
> FWIW, other people feel about Haskell the way you feel about calculus
> and the continuation monad, and your opinions of these other powerful,
> but difficult, tools is what got you into this mess.

On the contrary, other people's misinterpretation of my opinions on 
these matters is what got me into this mess.

I could go into a lengthy explanation, but I'll probably just be 
misunderstood again. So let's leave it here.

> academics don't like hearing that their life's work is useless.
>   

Being positively surrounded by people who think Haskell is pointless, I 
certainly have I fair idea how that feels...