Haskell: Advantages, Community and Ecosystem
Haskell has risen from a programming language for academic usage to a language that’s used by high scale companies in the industry for solving some difficult problems.
Our guest is Andres Löh, a Haskell Consultant with over 20 years of experience with the language. In this Fireside Chat, we'll talk about how to take advantage of Haskell, what are common use cases, and discuss Haskell’s community and ecosystem.
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
06:40 What is Haskell, and its advantages?
09:10 In terms of functionality, when would you use a functional language?
23:00 Let’s talk about the history of Haskell.
34:40 How does Haskell combine with other programming languages?
40:40 Audience question: A company is afraid to use Haskell because the community is too small, let’s elaborate on this.
46:40 How easy is it for people to get feedback regarding Haskell projects?
50:42 Are there any resources online for people to check?
52:20 What are some of your suggestions for managers that want to use Haskell?
55:10 What communities like Adeva can do to bring Haskell closer to engineers?