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> I don't think Java is a meaningful competitor.

Just curious... what would you consider a meaningful competitor to Haskell?

Just to lay my own cards on the table: I'd prefer Haskell to almost all other languages if we were only talking about the language (well, the GHC dialect). I do use Haskell quite a bit, but unfortunately I also have to do quite a lot of work in the "enterprise" space where ridiculous things like being able to read e.g. Excel spreadsheets is a big deal. (That is, one cannot rely on people sending those spreadsheets over email to convert to CSV in any meaningful way, so...)




Actually, I think there is at least one area where Haskell and java compete where other languages don't: design by committee.

It's often joked that it IS possible to design by committee. The result is Haskell. Otherwise, you get Java.




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