are you a student (undergrad or grad) or faculty (junior or senior)? These are all very different scenarios and accordingly different goals are realistic. <br><br>For example, if you're a student, it might be more realistic to start with finding a professor who will be willing to supervise an independent study class. <br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 6:25 AM, Petr Pudlak <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:deb@pudlak.name">deb@pudlak.name</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi all,<br>
<br>
I'd like to convince people at our university to pay more attention to<br>
functional languages, especially Haskell. Their arguments were that<br>
<br>
(1) Functional programming is more academic than practical.<br>
(2) They are using logic programming already (Prolog); why is Haskell<br>
better than Prolog (or generally a functional language better than a<br>
logic programming language)?<br>
<br>
(1) is easier to answer, there are a lots of applications at HaskellWiki, or<br>
elsewhere around the Internet, written in Haskell, OCaml, etc. Still, I<br>
welcome comments on your experience, for example, if you have written some<br>
larger-scale application in Haskell (or another a functional language) that is<br>
not at HaskellWiki, and perhaps if/why you would recommend doing so to other<br>
people.<br>
<br>
(2) is harder for me, since I've never programmed in Prolog or another language<br>
for logic programming. I'd be happy if anyone who is experienced in both Prolog<br>
and Haskell could elaborate the differences, pros & cons etc.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Petr<br>
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