i don't know where my copy is or who it has, for years. but i remember one bad thing... either i missread the following (my english was not that good) or it is a bug in the book:
(in the first chapter, i guess) if you have the function > sqr x = x*x then haskell does reduce the term > sqr (1+2) first to > (1+2) * (1+2) and then to > 3 * (1+2) that hurts. the only thing i still remember to have learnt from that book is the good style of programming, which is very well explained. ("only one" due to my Prelude and other Hugs-Library source reading/studying before.) well, that alone is worth enough to read that book. even though it is plain old haskell98 without those gorgeous libs and without -fglasgow-exts. - marc Am Montag, 21. Mai 2007 01:46 schrieb PR Stanley: > Hi > I've acquired a copy of the above title but it requires a lot of > transcription work. So, I thought I'd first ensure it's worth the > time and effort. This edition was published in 1999. > All Opinions on the text, good or bad, would be very welcome. > Thanks, > Paul > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe >
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