[Haskell-cafe] GHC devs

[Daniel Peebles]

Well-Typed is in the UK too :)

On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Andrew Coppin
<andrewcoppin at btinternet.com> wrote:
> 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...
>
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