* The Haskell culture is to take questions seriously
* In doing so, the literature will be cited where appropriate
* Some people get turned off by research papers
In this case, the guy asked a fairly profound question, and received a long, friendly answer, which included references to the literature.
Also, it plays on a stereotype, hence all the upvotes.
Everyone, please refrain from language wars. Haskell is a tremendously
ambitious and inspiring language, for which I have the highest
respect. There is zero point in bashing it (or its users) in this
forum.
My take away:
* The Haskell culture is to take questions seriously * In doing so, the literature will be cited where appropriate * Some people get turned off by research papers
In this case, the guy asked a fairly profound question, and received a long, friendly answer, which included references to the literature.
Also, it plays on a stereotype, hence all the upvotes.