On Monday 23 July 2007, Andrew Coppin wrote: > From the guy who brought you "data in Haskell is like an undead quantum > cat", I present the following: > > "If programming languages were like vehicles, C would be a Ferrari, C++ > would be a Porshe, Java would be a BWM and Haskell would be a hovercraft. > > It doesn't even have WHEELS! There is no steering wheel, no gearbox, no > clutch... it doesn't even have BRAKES!!! > > It completely turns the rules upside down. I mean, it moves by PUSHING > AIR. That's just crazy! It even STEERS by pushing air. It sounds so > absurd, it couldn't possibly work... > > ...oh, but it DOES work. Very well, actually. In fact, a hovercraft can > do some things that the others can't. It works on water. It can go > sideways. It can REALLY turn on the spot."
I'm definitely keeping this around somewhere. Thanks. Jonathan Cast http://sourceforge.net/projects/fid-core http://sourceforge.net/projects/fid-emacs _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
