Re: The node.js Community is Quietly Changing the Face of Open Source

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rusi <rustompmody <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
> Just what I said: ecosystem matters.  We may or may not argue about
> "more than language", but it surely matters. Some examples:
> 
> 1. In the link that Roderick originally posted there is a long comment
> that adds perl to the languages the author discussed. As a language
> perl is… um well… its perl.  Yet when perl wins its because CPAN
> wins.
> 
> 2. Haskell as a language is very well designed. However its package
> system -- cabal+hackage -- is completely broken.

I think you are deluded. Haskell may very well designed from a language
theoretist's
point of view, but I suspect most average programmers would find it a hell
to code in.

Regards

Antoine.

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Re: The node.js Community is Quietly Changing the Face of Open Source Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> - 2013-04-16 11:50 -0500
  Re: The node.js Community is Quietly Changing the Face of Open Source rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-04-16 10:14 -0700
    Re: The node.js Community is Quietly Changing the Face of Open Source Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> - 2013-04-16 12:36 -0500
      Re: The node.js Community is Quietly Changing the Face of Open Source rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-04-16 19:14 -0700
        Re: The node.js Community is Quietly Changing the Face of Open Source Antoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net> - 2013-04-17 09:09 +0000

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