[Haskell-cafe] GHC devs

[Andrew Coppin]

Don Stewart wrote:
> bulat.ziganshin:
>   
>> Hello Andrew,
>>
>> Thursday, October 15, 2009, 12:54:37 AM, you wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Does anybody actually "get paid" to develop GHC? Or is this all people
>>>       
>> SPJ, SM and Ian are paid by MS Research. Other people involved in core
>> development are mainly scientists (afaik)
>>     

Perhaps these are the "three people" the speaker was referring to then.

Seems like there are plenty of other people involved though...

> Besides MSR and the university groups, the IHG funds Well-Typed to do
> development, as well.
>   

...not least of all these. ;-) But still, it seems the total GHC 
manpower effort is significantly smaller than I imagined. (Which just 
makes it more impressive that GHC is so good...)

Ah, MSR, the only known Haskell-related enterprise based in the UK. 
Sometimes I have these delusions that I should go ever there and see if 
they'll hire me...