I think Haskell is great and have spent a reasonable amount of time messing with it in the past. I like its strict typing and the way it is very concise. Everytime I return to it I understand the language a little better and everytime my interest wains when I take a hard look at the projects I like to work on and realise that haskell does not quite fit in with them. I like to do web or mobile stuff in my free time, while haskell seems to have had a focus on desktop and perhaps server stuff.
I was very happy to spot that some people are attempting to make JavaScript backends for a Haskell compiler. It is early stages yet but I would love to code Haskell and have it run in a browser. If the interface to the DOM was good or the haskell code could use JQuery effectively I would be a very happy programmer as I would finally have a reason to commit to learning Haskell for the long term.
A descent Haskell to JavaScript compiler would also provide a route mobile development.
Ok as far as I can see it is still early days and I resisted the temptation of reading up on the subject and getting all excited over Haskell once again. The next time I return to Haskell I want it to be when it is ready for something I want to produce rather than an academic exercise in stretching my mind some more. I am hoping this project gains some momentum and does result in a route to using haskell in numerous ways.
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