I think the problem with Haskell right now is the lack of good quality tutorials. Readers trying to learn the language have only a few good options like:
Q: Getting started with Haskell
Q: What is a monad?
Q: Large-scale design in Haskell? [closed]
Q: What is Haskell actually useful for? [closed]
Q: Good Haskell source to read and learn from [closed]
Q: “What part of Hindley-Milner do you not understand?”
If you just look at those titles you may wonder whether this language is actually used in practice or is just a toy language.
It's also really difficult to keep things simple and explain things in a concise way before the reader bails out. Personally the moment a tutorial touches terms like Monads or Category theory jargon I get lost.
Haskell is certainly one of the less popular languages out there. I think a lack of tutorials is just a symptom of that. The community does have a strong basis in math, because having that will make you appreciate the language more. I do believe Haskell has not done a very good job of translating the theoretical know-how into practical benefits. Not yet, anyway.
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I think the problem with Haskell right now is the lack of good quality tutorials. Readers trying to learn the language have only a few good options like:
learnyouhaskell and schoollofhaskell and to be honest those look dated.
Compared that to Javascript or Typescript where you can find all sorts of up-to date tutorials and expert opinions.
Also if you search in stack overflow the top questions are about fundamental things like
stackoverflow.com/search?q=haskell
If you just look at those titles you may wonder whether this language is actually used in practice or is just a toy language.
It's also really difficult to keep things simple and explain things in a concise way before the reader bails out. Personally the moment a tutorial touches terms like Monads or Category theory jargon I get lost.
Haskell is certainly one of the less popular languages out there. I think a lack of tutorials is just a symptom of that. The community does have a strong basis in math, because having that will make you appreciate the language more. I do believe Haskell has not done a very good job of translating the theoretical know-how into practical benefits. Not yet, anyway.