Re: [Haskell-cafe] Good reads?

2011-04-27 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
First, thanks to everyone for your input! It is really appreciated, and I will be checking out the resources you provided. Also, a correction: /Haskell: The Craft of Functional Programming /is written by Simon Thompson, not Peyton-Jones. Mixup on my part there :) On 04/27/2011 01:44 AM, Eric

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Good reads?

2011-04-27 Thread KC
I think this book may have been mentioned before, Functional programming: practice and theory by MacLennan, Bruce J gives a fundamental idea of what it's all about. :) On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 4:28 AM, Christopher Svanefalk christopher.svanef...@gmail.com wrote: First, thanks to everyone for

[Haskell-cafe] Good reads?

2011-04-26 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
[I originally posted this over in haskell-beginners. However, since this list has a lot more traffic, and I am not sure how many people read both lists, I thought I would post here as well. I apologize for the doublepost! Just want to make sure I can get some replies from the great people here who

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Good reads?

2011-04-26 Thread Edward Amsden
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 5:48 PM, Christopher Svanefalk christopher.svanef...@gmail.com wrote: I am currently reading through Peyton-Jones Haskell: The Craft of Functional Programming (2nd ed.), as well as a great paper published by one of my professors

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Good reads?

2011-04-26 Thread Eric Rasmussen
I'm currently reading Real World Haskell ( http://book.realworldhaskell.org/read/), and it's an excellent book. It goes into detail on quite a few interesting and practical uses of the language. Also, in the spirit of this discussion, is there a resource that attempts to compare libraries for