His argument can be valid and still be pointless for 99% of people. Granted we all must make these decisions for ourselves, but if someone smirks and says "screw Haskell" because the exception system is unsound and then goes back to using Perl or Java, they have missed the point.
> I would be more sympathetic except that I am constantly seeing a certain subset of Haskell programmers engaged in the same kind of advocacy. Should they all disclose a conflict of interest because they like Haskell?
If you see someone engage in misleading advocacy you should call them out for it. A big problem with Haskell is that it is so weird and different that new users are always blogging about how great it is. When they make a small realization they blog it, and their misconceptions come along with it. I've been using Haskell for a while, and I find it very hard to stomach it when this happens, so I don't usually follow the comments closely when I see it happen. I doubt I'm alone in that. But there's a world of difference between newbie love babble and a calculated PR stunt by a PL expert.
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> Does that affect the validity of his arguments?
His argument can be valid and still be pointless for 99% of people. Granted we all must make these decisions for ourselves, but if someone smirks and says "screw Haskell" because the exception system is unsound and then goes back to using Perl or Java, they have missed the point.
> I would be more sympathetic except that I am constantly seeing a certain subset of Haskell programmers engaged in the same kind of advocacy. Should they all disclose a conflict of interest because they like Haskell?
If you see someone engage in misleading advocacy you should call them out for it. A big problem with Haskell is that it is so weird and different that new users are always blogging about how great it is. When they make a small realization they blog it, and their misconceptions come along with it. I've been using Haskell for a while, and I find it very hard to stomach it when this happens, so I don't usually follow the comments closely when I see it happen. I doubt I'm alone in that. But there's a world of difference between newbie love babble and a calculated PR stunt by a PL expert.