Re: [Haskell-cafe] Learning advice

2007-09-07 Thread Wouter Swierstra
Hi Chris, I should also point out that the wiki has a lot of really useful links: http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Learning_Haskell Good luck, Wouter This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses, which could damage your

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Learning advice

2007-09-07 Thread Albert Y. C. Lai
Brent Yorgey wrote: Then one day he met someone else who said she was also a race car driver, but her car was different -- she called it a Haskar. It had a top speed of 400 miles per hour, no steering wheel (you just lean whichever way you want to go, she said), I wish I could just lean

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Learning advice

2007-09-07 Thread Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH
On Sep 7, 2007, at 14:37 , Albert Y. C. Lai wrote: Brent Yorgey wrote: Then one day he met someone else who said she was also a race car driver, but her car was different -- she called it a Haskar. It had a top speed of 400 miles per hour, no steering wheel (you just lean whichever way

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Learning advice

2007-09-06 Thread Tom Harper
No, that book is not outdated. Can you give an example of what's not working for you? On 9/6/07, Chris Saunders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wish to learn Haskell. I purchased a book – An Introduction to Functional Programming Systems Using Haskell but I think this might be too outdated.

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Learning advice

2007-09-06 Thread Brent Yorgey
On 9/6/07, Chris Saunders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So far I'm finding Haskell difficult – I may be too thick. Once upon a time there was a young man who wanted to be a race car driver. He bought an old, junky car with a souped-up engine (after all, that's what all his friends were using). It

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Learning advice

2007-09-06 Thread Tom Harper
-07 12:21 PM To: Chris Saunders Cc: haskelll-cafe Subject: Re: [Haskell-cafe] Learning advice No, that book is not outdated. Can you give an example of what's not working for you? -- Tom Harper [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1 949 235 0185 Public Key: http://aftereternity.co.uk/rth.asc -- Tom

RE: [Haskell-cafe] Learning advice

2007-09-06 Thread Chris Saunders
Of Tom Harper Sent: September-06-07 12:21 PM To: Chris Saunders Cc: haskelll-cafe Subject: Re: [Haskell-cafe] Learning advice No, that book is not outdated. Can you give an example of what's not working for you? -- Tom Harper [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1 949 235 0185 Public Key: http://aftereternity.co.uk