Here’s an interesting page on the Python wiki: PythonVsHaskell. It seems a lot of Haskellers come from a Python background. It’s a remarkably fair piece, although both the Python and Haskell example code are poor examples of language features.
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Haskell: My New Favorite Language
I discovered Haskell not long ago. I even wrote a bit about my initial impressions of it.
This is an amazing language. It’s been a long time since I’ve had this much fun programming. The Haskell community is also great; there are more geniuses there than anywhere I’ve seen before.
If you’re new to Haskell, try reading Haskell: The Craft of Functional Programming, 2nd Ed.. Or, if you want something online, try Yet Another Haskell Tutorial.
What if you just kept working?
This is a great story from a guy who got laid off from Apple, but kept working anyway. A good read. (Original link)
World\’s Worst Telco?
Hats of to Slashdot for unearthing, so to speak, what is probably the worst set of telephone company horror stories I’ve ever heard.
Happy Birthday, Vacuum Tube
Today, the vacuum tube turns 100.
The vacuum tube made possible everything from amplifiers to control circuits and early computers.
Selling My Powerbook
Well, I suppose it’s about time to sell my PowerBook G4. It was the first piece of Apple hardware I ever owned. It’s nice, but I have a faster laptop now and I rarely use it anymore, so time to put it on the auction block.
Exim Transition Successful
A couple of days ago, I wrote about considering a move from Postfix to Exim. I have just made that move on the main server. It took about three hours and was successful. Here’s what I learned.
Continue reading Exim Transition Successful
Tiny Laptops
I’m in the market for a small laptop. A very small laptop. And it has to be rugged.
The first one to make it to the top of my list was the iBook. Small, rugged, and good Linux support.
But then I noticed the Actius MM20. Only 2 pounds and 3/4″ thick. Wow. I’d buy it right away if it weren’t for the 20GB HDD. I’m hoping they’ll update that line soon.
The Haskell OS
This is a cool idea: an operating system written in Haskell. Symbolics anyone?
New Haskell library
I’ve got a new Haskell library out there called MissingH. It’s got things like FTP client, logging infrastructure, various list utilities, string joining/splitting, IO utilities, etc. It’s also been accepted into Debian sid.