2009/7/16 Daniel van den Eijkel <d...@gmx.net>: > In an ideal world, Haskell would be a perfect first programming language. > > But consider: If someone without any programming background learns Haskell > as first language, she or he might have big problems using any other > language after that. Unlearning what you can do with Haskell is much harder > than unlearning imperative thinking. (I had to learn PHP after I was used to > write in Haskell, and it was no fun) I don't want to miss the great > experience of learning Haskell *after* Scheme (and Scheme after C), and I > would not like to deprieve anybody of such an experience. Or what should > they have for dessert?
I think the transition from one paradigm to another is always hard, whatever the direction. That's why it's a paradigm. _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
