Tony Morris

Regardless of what you think of stack, it has its place. I'd never have learned Haskell if stack hadn't made getting started simple.

Yes you would have :)

On my old computer I couldn't install haskell globally due to a combination of things, stack allowed local installs that got around issues.

GHC can be installed locally without stack. Been doing it for 15 years.

Right but I wouldn't have figured it out, my point is that beginners are deterred easily; I couldn't initially figure it out.

I've been teaching beginners for * years. I'm certain stack has never helped anyone. It's easy to make the mistake of believing otherwise.

If you insist on calling me a liar that's fine; I'll continue using stack in blissful ignorance

I'll continue to advocate for people to not use it as long as people keep coming to me and asking for help after they do.