[mythtv-users] UK TV Listings source - bleb.org

[Paul Woodward]

My point was that whilst Haskell might be great for doing obscure tasks, its use would effectively prevent all but a select few from reading, understanding and improving upon the code. That, IMHO, defeats the point of open-source.

Paul

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> Actually I was thinking of using Haskell for it myself. I have a large
> library for XML processing and accessing HTTP servers that I created for my
> dissertation. And I didn't study at Imperial.
> 
> I've also got a feeling that since Micros**t are spending so much money on
> Haskell research, every windows programmer might soon have to understand
> Haskell.
> 
> Adam
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Paul Woodward
> > Sent: 29 January 2004 15:33
> > To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> > Subject: Re: Re: [mythtv-users] UK TV Listings source - bleb.org
> >
> >
> > John,
> >
> > Come on, please. Imperial is the only place in the universe
> > that still uses (read: tortures people with) Haskell.
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > Check out:
> > >
> > > http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~jak97/bleb/bleb2xmltv.tar.bz2
> > >
> > > This is first draft. It is written in Haskell (GHC) and
> > requires HaXML
> > > to be installed if you want to build it yourself.
> > >
> > > i386 binary is included.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> > > On Thursday 29 January 2004 14:25, Adam Wood wrote:
> > > > > >On Wednesday 28 January 2004 14:31, Mark Cooper wrote:
> > > > > >>I have been talking to Andrew Flagg from bleb.org (
> > > > > >>http://www.bleb.org/tv/ ) and it looks like he is more than
> > > > >
> > > > > willing to
> > > > >
> > > > > >>set-up a UK TV Listings feed. (
> > > > > >>http://www.bleb.org/tv/maillist/msg00069.html )
> > > >
> > > > Has anyone stepped up to take a look at this yet? If so,
> > who should
> > > > I be directing my offerings of help towards?
> > > >
> > > > Adam
> > >
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