On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 1:41 AM, david48 <dav.vire+hask...@gmail.com<dav.vire%2bhask...@gmail.com> > wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Bulat Ziganshin > <bulat.zigans...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello david48, > > > > Friday, January 16, 2009, 4:16:51 PM, you wrote: > > > >> Upon reading this thread, I asked myself : what's a monoid ? I had no > >> idea. I read some posts, then google "haskell monoid". > > > > it would be interesting to google "C++ class" or "Lisp function" and > > compare experience :) > > The first link for C++ class I find on google is the wikipedia article > which I find understandable, has examples and explanations that relate > to programming. > OTOH, the wikipedia article for monoid is less easy (for me), though > now I can follow the first paragraphs. But I don't find on the page > how/why/where it relates to programming. So you're saying it should be better documented in Haskell what a Monoid is. Did you say you searched for "C++ class" why not "Haskell Monoid" then? The first correct google hit that didn't think I meant Monads, takes you straight to the GHC documentation for Data.Monoid. > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe >
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