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### History ### History
I was a happy user of John Wiegley's [Ledger](http://ledger-cli.org) I discovered John Wiegley's [Ledger](http://ledger-cli.org) in 2006, and was a happy user at first.
(begun in 2003) for some time. There was a long period of stagnation Then came a long period of stagnation in that project,
in that project. I grew tired of bugs, missing and wrong documentation, with missing and misleading documentation, irksome bugs, and a confusing release situation.
and explaining the situation to confused newcomers.
I really, truly needed a reliable accounting tool.
I really didn't want to spend time learning C++.
I felt Ledger could be implemented well and perhaps even more I urgently needed a reliable accounting tool that I enjoyed using. I also wanted to lower the barriers to entry for newcomers.
successfully in the Haskell programming language, which has some For a while I worked within the Ledger project, reporting bugs and setting up a new domain and website.
compelling advantages. (It encourages the coding style known as pure But, I didn't want to spend time learning C++. And I did want to spend time learning Haskell.
functional programming, allowing more bug-free, concise and I felt Ledger could be implemented well and perhaps more efficiently in that language,
maintainable software. It provides a more abstracted, portable which has some compelling advantages.
platform making installation easier. It is attractive for contributors <!-- (It encourages the coding style known as pure functional programming, -->
to work on.) <!-- allowing more bug-free, concise and maintainable software. It provides -->
<!-- a more abstracted, portable platform making installation easier. It is -->
<!-- attractive for contributors to work on.) -->
I couldn't ask John to start over - back then he was not the Haskell I couldn't expect John to start over - at that time he was not the Haskell
lover he has since become! - so in 2007 I started prototyping a fan he is now - so in 2007 I began experimenting myself, built a
parser, and kept going. My goals were to (a) learn how well Haskell toy parser, and kept tinkering. I wanted
could do in this (simple, thought I) real-world application, and (b) (a) to get better at Haskell by building something useful to me,
maybe, build on Ledger's experience to create a new implementation (b) to learn how well Haskell could work for real-world applications,
prioritising ease of use. It would have simpler features, fewer bugs, and as increasingly time passed,
better documentation, and additional user interfaces. (c) to provide a new implementation with a greater focus on ease of use, simpler
features, absence of user-visible bugs, and high-quality documentation and web presence.
Also to experiment with new user interfaces, APIs, etc.
Later the Ledger project revived and attracted more contributors. The Later the Ledger project revived and attracted more contributors. The
two projects collaborate freely and ideas have travelled in both two projects collaborate freely and ideas have travelled in both
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community. I also give back to Ledger by providing infrastructure community. I also give back to Ledger by providing infrastructure
like [ledger-cli.org](http://ledger-cli.org), like [ledger-cli.org](http://ledger-cli.org),
[LedgerTips](http://twitter.com/LedgerTips), IRC support on #ledger [LedgerTips](http://twitter.com/LedgerTips), IRC support on #ledger
etc. etc. In 2014 I added a [#hledger](irc://irc.freenode.net/#hledger) channel
to allow more hledger-specific discussion.
For some time hledger shared Ledger's IRC channel #ledger. In 2014 I
added the dedicated [#hledger](irc://irc.freenode.net/#hledger)
channel.
### Future ? ### Future ?