I’m pretty sure this is a troll, but for what it’s worth, I’m old enough to be OK with sounding stupid every now and again.

Still, I think you’re overlooking the fact that any reasonable definition of “programmer” and “software engineer” will necessarily share many properties. Trivial example: both are types of people. Meaningful example: both are involved in the building of software systems.

My intent was to suggest that my comments were drawing on the common meaning implied by those terms. If you’re going to bring forward the charge that they don’t — and that they fail to in such a monumental way as to make me “sound stupid” — then I think you owe me a more detailed explanation of where the problem is in my argument.

Specifically, what is it about Software Engineers, which cannot be said about programmers, which makes my argument so obviously false? (Or, if you’re upset about the words “replace” and “compete,” same question.)

“In each case, if you substitute your suggested language for what I said (ie s/replace/compete, s/programmer/software engineer), I’ll still stand by my claims.”

I know this is mean, but you sound young and stupid. Sorry, I said it!

http://eclipsefp.sourceforge.net/

There are a few IDEs for Haskell, though I haven’t used any extensively (I generally don’t like using integrated software environments, so I’m not a good person to ask about them :)

My work environment is pretty basic: I use vim, more or less because I know how to use it pretty well. I generally have GHCi open in another window to make sure that my code loads, and to browse my type definitions, check function signatures, etc. I also have a tab in my browser open to Hoogle and Hayoo so I can do quick “what was that function called again?” searches. I’m also generally in #haskell on Freenode in case I run into a tricky situation.

I’d be curious to know what environments everyone else uses!