> Sure, I'd prefer Haskell, ML, or even a decently typed
Scheme, but they've already lost.
That's... an interesting take.
I think he's not saying that Haskell won't grow. I think he's saying that Haskell will never take over the world in the C/C++/Java way. He also seems to be at least assuming that Go will.
And he seems to be saying that this will happen, not because Go has better ideas, but because it lets you write more stylish code, and because it has more clout behind it. I'm not sure that I agree. C took over the world, but not because it had so much clout behind it (it had AT&T/Bell Labs, but they didn't do much to promote it). Was C stylish? Perhaps, especially compared to the alternatives for doing the same thing.
But that was a long time ago. Java was heavily backed by Sun. C# of course was heavily backed by the clout of Microsoft. Can a language these days take over the world without massive backing behind it?
That's... an interesting take.
I think he's not saying that Haskell won't grow. I think he's saying that Haskell will never take over the world in the C/C++/Java way. He also seems to be at least assuming that Go will.
And he seems to be saying that this will happen, not because Go has better ideas, but because it lets you write more stylish code, and because it has more clout behind it. I'm not sure that I agree. C took over the world, but not because it had so much clout behind it (it had AT&T/Bell Labs, but they didn't do much to promote it). Was C stylish? Perhaps, especially compared to the alternatives for doing the same thing.
But that was a long time ago. Java was heavily backed by Sun. C# of course was heavily backed by the clout of Microsoft. Can a language these days take over the world without massive backing behind it?