The programming language market (was Re: [Haskell-cafe] Why functional programming matters

Tim Chevalier catamorphism at gmail.com
Sat Jan 26 14:36:15 EST 2008


On 1/26/08, Paul Johnson <paul at cogito.org.uk> wrote:
>     * Say "computers are cheap but programmers are expensive" whenever
>       explaining a correctness or productivity feature.

This is true only if talking to people in high-income nations.

Cheers,
Tim

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where good and evil are to be found." -- Tzvetan Todorov


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