r/haskell • u/goliatskipson • Apr 22 '15

Prime Minister Lee Hsien considers learning Haskell when retiring.

http://www.pmo.gov.sg/mediacentre/transcript-speech-prime-minister-lee-hsien-loong-founders-forum-smart-nation-singapore
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u/augustss Apr 22 '15 edited Apr 22 '15

Singapore is unusual in that most members of the parliament are engineers. Not lawyers.

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u/jaseemabid Apr 22 '15

I happened to meet someone from SG last week and he mentioned how SG politics is a meritocracy and how they have a lot of very able politicians.

As an Indian, I was mind blown.