Why do you object? I just proved to you the legitimacy of my arguments while you still stand by Don's complete denial?I think it is very off-putting that anything remotely negative about Haskell is usually met with snide comments questioning their intelligence or being labeled as a troll. It also doesn't help that my comment was upvoted a few times, and when Dons & Co. replies, it drops to -3. I've also observed this type of behavior on Reddit.
You aren't really an outsider considering your participation in the Haskell Cafe mailing list and being credited in Real World Haskell.
And companies do object to using glibc in a proprietary program obviously. You are probably thinking of the GCC runtime which has an explicit exception for commercial programs that prevents them from turning GPL.
You also don't have any proof that most software is custom or private. Even if it is the majority, you cannot deny that the shrink-wrap industry is huge, especially during most of Haskell's existence. The answer is to avoid GPL code in the language which is what I was saying the whole time. You don't put the foundation of your business at risk just so you can use a cool new language.
> It also doesn't help that my comment was upvoted a few times, and when Dons & Co. replies, it drops to -3.
Interestingly, I saw it happen almost everywhere. It looks like people are more likely to down-vote comments which are contradicted by a recognized authority. This is of course not a good thing.
> You aren't really an outsider considering your participation in the Haskell Cafe mailing list and being credited in Real World Haskell.
I didn't post more than a few messages, 2 years ago, and I posted about 3 minor comments in Real World Haskell. I've read a few papers, but seldom have written anything (except http://www.loup-vaillant.fr/articles/assignment of course). I'm not an outsider, but hardly what I consider to be an Insider.
> You also don't have any proof that most software is custom or private.
I don't. But in this (huge) niche, my point still stand: being afraid of the GPL is silly. Corporations that are should stop being.
> you cannot deny that the shrink-wrap industry is huge
I cannot and I won't.
> The answer is to avoid GPL code in the language […]
Yes, assuming you want the (proprietary) shrink-wrap industry to use Haskell. I want it gone. Therefore, I see the GPL as the solution.
You aren't really an outsider considering your participation in the Haskell Cafe mailing list and being credited in Real World Haskell.
And companies do object to using glibc in a proprietary program obviously. You are probably thinking of the GCC runtime which has an explicit exception for commercial programs that prevents them from turning GPL.
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gcc-exception.html
You also don't have any proof that most software is custom or private. Even if it is the majority, you cannot deny that the shrink-wrap industry is huge, especially during most of Haskell's existence. The answer is to avoid GPL code in the language which is what I was saying the whole time. You don't put the foundation of your business at risk just so you can use a cool new language.