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Haskell is a great choice. While there are fewer Haskell developers in absolute terms, there is a very disproportionate amount of good developers who know Haskell. Startups using Haskell, as well as companies using similar languages like OCaml, have reported that, paradoxically, it's actually easier to hire Haskell programmers because they get more well qualified applicants and fewer unqualified ones.

Moreover, if you're actually working with competent people, they should have no trouble learning Haskell. Chances are, everybody already is, and would be happy at a chance to use it at work.

All the FUD spread around about Haskell is unfortunate. It's a brilliant, practical and extremely productive language, and people are turned away from it for misinformed and poorly considered reasons.



>All the FUD spread around about Haskell is unfortunate.

Not necessarily, Haskell's unofficial motto is after all, "Avoid success at all costs". ;)

http://www.codersatwork.com/simon-peyton-jones.html




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