2009/3/25 wren ng thornton <w...@freegeek.org>: >> Most of the "documentation" is in research papers, and a "normal" >> programmer don't want to read these papers. > > Yes, and no. There is quite a bit of documentation in research papers, and > mainstream programmers don't read research. However, this is a big part of > what makes the Haskell community what it is. There are plenty of > non-academics here, but they have the willingness to read these papers (even > if it's out of the ordinary) and the desire to learn radical new things > (because they're out of the ordinary).
Yes. BUT ... when I look up the Haddock-generated documentation for a function, I DON'T appreciate it if that is in the form of a hyperlink to a research paper. And that occurs in several of the libraries shipped with GHC for instance. A reference to a research paper is fine to show where the ideas came from, but that is not where the library documentation should be. _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
