2009/1/16 Derek Elkins <derek.a.elk...@gmail.com>: >> I think the name issue is a red herring. The real issue is that, after >> being confronted by a concept with an unfamiliar name, it can be very >> difficult to figure out the nature of the concept. That is, it's not the >> name itself that's the problem, it's the fact that trying to understand >> what it means often leads you on an interminable >> Alice-in-Wonderland-esque journey that never seems to get anywhere. > > I agree with interminable but certainly you go somewhere. A lot of > people like Haskell for this property.
I suspect the complaint people have is that *where* you go, is into mathematics - and your interest may well be in computing, so that while the diversion is enlightening, it's not of much practical use right now. > "How do you know that a monoid action is isomorphic to a monoid > homomorphism into an endomorphism monoid?" > > "Well, I was trying to append two lists in Haskell..." Precisely :-) "...and I still don't know how so I gave up and did it in Python because my boss wants the program today". > For an actual interminable Alice-in-Wonderland-esque journey that never > seems to get anywhere, try to write C# programs that inter-operate with > Microsoft Office. So where do you want to go to today? :-) Paul. _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
