My company (ThoughtLeadr) is using Haskell to analyze big data (social networks) to great effect. Although, I will admit finding great Haskell programmers in the wild is rather challenging.
Network effect with programming languages is a difficult nut to crack. That's the reason most new languages build on the syntax and features of existing "successful" languages.
The toolchain aspect has been less of an issue for us since we're using it for pure data analysis rather than shoehorning it into building webapps etc.
Network effect with programming languages is a difficult nut to crack. That's the reason most new languages build on the syntax and features of existing "successful" languages.
The toolchain aspect has been less of an issue for us since we're using it for pure data analysis rather than shoehorning it into building webapps etc.