RE: Eu's poor design
> From: Andy Serpa [mailto:ac at onehorseshy.com]
> I believe you are letting your thinking be too much influenced
> by the languages you are used to. You don't have pbr, so you
> think, "My god, how in the world can I solve this problem in
> Euphoria?" I am learning Haskell, but am used to Euphoria, so
> I have similar thoughts along the way. That doesn't mean there
> is anything wrong with Haskell, however, which is even higher-
> level than Euphoria. It just means I need to adjust my thinking
> a bit.
>
> I suggest this for reading:
>
> http://www.haskell.org/complex/why_does_haskell_matter.html
>
> Scroll to the bottom and read the "Epilogue". It seems to me you
> are exhibiting this syndrome...
A neat read. I don't think he got it, though the point should have been
clear from reading the rest of the article. I thought it interesting that
this is exactly the point that was made by the base-12 guy we talked about a
few weeks back.
Matt Lewis
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