[Haskell-cafe] *GROUP HUG*

[Yves Parès]

> Why did you ask a question which you yourself characterize as "ignorant"?

Juan, I think it is the kind of question whose answer is obvious to people
with at least a little practice of the language.
For instance, one of my friends asked me once why the operation of
calculating the length of list has an O(n) complexity, since to his opinion,
you could just store the size inside the list and increment it when elements
are appended. Once you got the clue about lazy lists, the answer is obvious
[1], but to a Java-trained mind, it is right it can at first sight seem like
a lack of optimisation.

I'm curious Gregory, what was the question you asked and how were you
brushed off? And what are those troubles the Scala community is undergoing?
It would be a real shame if the Scala community wasn't up to its terrific
language...

[1] And if it is not, then to find it your homework shall be ;)

2011/5/24 Juan Daugherty <juan at acm.org>

> Every computing culture is different.
> Being in the habit of asking questions you should be able to answer
> yourself
> is not a good idea. Why did you ask a question which you yourself
> characterize
> as "ignorant"? Although Haskell comm. is necessarily welcoming due to
> the learning curve and lack of popular adoption there are limits here too.
>
> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 5:34 AM, max ulidtko <ulidtko at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 2011-05-23 22:10 -0700, Gregory Crosswhite:
> >> Hey everyone,
> >>
> >> Okay, this will sound silly, but I ventured into the Scala mailing list
> >> recently and asked an ignorant question on it, and I was shocked when
> >> people reacted not by enlightening me but by jumping on me and reacting
> >> with hostility.  I bring this up not to badmouth the Scala community
> >> (they are apparently going through growing pains and will hopefully
> >> mature with time!) but just because it made me appreciate just how
> >> awesome you guys are, so I just feel the need to publicly express my
> >> admiration and thank to everyone on this list for having fostered such
> >> an incredibly professional, fanatically nonhostile, and generally
> >> pleasant place to talk about Haskell!!!
> >>
> >> *GROUP HUG*
> >>
> >> Okay, I'm done now.  :-)
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Greg
> >
> > Wow. I subscribed to the list just an hour ago or so, and already
> > receiving hugs! That's kinda... striking, you know.
> >
> > Yay! Newbie hug to everyone too!
> >
> >
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