[Haskell-cafe] What happens if you get hit by a bus?

[Alberto G. Corona]

Hehee
Great.

Haskell is a flexible high level language perfect for domain specific
languages it isn't?. A well designed solution is, at the top level,
simple and understandable even by non experts. The software transforms
the complexities of the hardware into  something that the user can
understand by means of interfaces, EDSLs etc. The complexity must be
hidden in deeper layers. So if you are hit by a bus, the new
programmer  would be confronted with a simple application layer
(ideally simple enough to be understood by a non haskell programmer) ,
that would permit the evolution of the software, so the new programmer
is productive from day one, from the client point of view. More
radical adaptations may require  deeper knowledge, but at least the
shock would be greatly mitigated.

2011/12/16 Yves Parès <limestrael at gmail.com>:
> Tell them that if you were instead on Rails, you'd have a huge chance of
> being hit by a train, which is likely to deal far more damage than a bus.
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> 2011/12/16 Michael Litchard <michael at schmong.org>
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>> I'm learning what it means to be a professional Haskell programmer,
>> and contemplating taking on side jobs. The path of least resistance
>> seems to be web applications, as that is what I do at work. I've been
>> investigating what some web developers have to say about their trade.
>> One article addresses the question above. His answer was that he uses
>> RoR which has a large community and he is therefore easily
>> replaceable. My question, for freelancers in general, and web
>> developers in particular is this: How do you address this question?  I
>> imagine potential clients would need to be assuaged of their fears
>> that hiring me would lead to a lock-in situation at best, and no one
>> to maintain a code base at worst. Lock-in won't be part of my business
>> model, also sooner or later we part ways with the client. When the
>> client wonders, "What happens then?", what is a good answer?
>>
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