On Mon, 2006-12-11 at 13:42 -0600, Nicolas Frisby wrote: > Two cents:
Two (Croatian) lipas, much less than two cents :-( > 3) This would be the first book introducing the nuances of large > systems development in Haskell to Haskell programmers. Explaining well > various monads (e.g. how to use mtl), or other things necessary for > "practical Haskell" (e.g. ByteString, database interface, web app, > parsing, and many other systems libraries), requires of the audience a > rather thorough understanding of Haskell's type system (MPTC and other > extensions for mirth). Right. We need something practical after one is finished with e.g. Thompson's Craft or Hudak's SOE. > I love the analogies as much as the next programming languages > researcher, but I think introducing Haskell in text has been done and > done well--it doesn't need a new approach. So don't reinvent the > "learn Haskell" text; that way you can spend time on the good stuff. I agree and want to encourage the effort to bring 'practical Haskell' to the masses. Today one user in #haskell.hr expressed his doubt whether "...Haskell has any future out of academic circles..." Sincerely, Gour
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