[Haskell-cafe] Re: [Haskell] Functional Programming User Group Ghent

[Jeroen Janssen]

On 22-feb-2010, at 10:37, Sean Leather wrote:
> I think the Dutch Haskell Users Group [1] has met with great success by establishing English as the lingua franca from the beginning. My impressions are that we attract numerous foreign visitors (including university staff and students) and that we have not discouraged very many native Dutch speakers. Of course, being a foreigner who also has trouble with the local language, I admit being somewhat biased in this matter.
> 

Thanks for the input! Like I said, we're not really planning it as a Dutch-only group, thus maybe really proposing English as the lingua franca (unless no non-native speakers are not there) isn't such a bad idea.

Regards,
Jeroen.