Simon Peyton Jones - Haskell is useless

Why it was recommended

I'm hoping that Rust will fit in the "useful and safe" sweet spot in Simon Peyton Jones's diagram here

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What it covers

A short clip of Simon Peyton Jones talking about the future of programming languages, saying Haskell is useless in the sense that pure programs cannot have effects, while. It is for someone who already knows the basic terms and wants the next step.

Video details

Channel

bunidanoable

Length

6 min 23 sec

Year

2011

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