From: dblack@... Date: 2002-12-18T21:40:35+09:00 Subject: Re: OT: Functional Language Recommendation Hi -- On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Shashank Date wrote: > > wrote in message > > It's not exactly an endorsement; "Language of the Year" isn't an award > > or anything like that, it's just a language-learning initiative. > > Ok, may be "endorse" is not the right term to use. I meant to say > "suggested", "recommended" or something to that effect. But, yes, I was > assuming a little more that just "hosting the project" ;-) > > > The reason Haskell was chosen is that the people who started up the > > "Language of the Year" project (me and Chad Fowler) wanted to learn > > Haskell :-) > > So again, why Haskell ? What was (is??) the lure ? Even Matz seemed to > endo..., sorry, like (?) the idea.(ruby-talk: 47758). Or was he just > referring to your project on PragProg ? > > Also, are you guys thinking of LOTY for 2003 ? Just curious ... We've gotten way off-topic for the Ruby list. You can get more info at: . David -- David Alan Black home: dblack@candle.superlink.net work: blackdav@shu.edu Web: http://pirate.shu.edu/~blackdav