Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 22nd Apr 2007 20:06 UTC, submitted by ryan
Xmonad was announced today on the haskell-cafe mailing list. It supports multiple monitors through xinerama. The unique part of this window manager is that it is written in Haskell in under 500 lines. Haskell is a purely functional programming language with very strong static typing to ensure correctness.
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2006-10-08
"[...] most users would be at a loss without the usual minimize, mazimize and close buttons."
At least, some window managers don't follow this concept. Excuse me for just mentioning this: I'm using WindowMaker for more than five years now. It does not have any minimize or maximize buttons, and I never found I needed or missed them. I've even turned off the close button for some applications (since I closed one accidently). Instead, roll up or blind out, next to focus follows mouse, focus on window in background, set window back (instead of just setting it to front) are the functions that are important to me. And NB, that's my very individual opinion without any claim that others should share it.
As always in the UNIX and Linux world: Choose the tool that does fit your needs best. :-)
To come back to the article: Haskell is an interesting language and it offers some opportunities for educational use. I'm surprised to see such a useful tool written in this language, really impressing, because I never found Haskell programs in the "real world"...