On 2010-03-01 15:44 +0100 (Mon), Günther Schmidt wrote: > Apart from monads there are of course also Applicative Functors, > Monoids, Arrows and what have you. But in short the Monad thingy seems > to be the most "powerful" one of them all.
Perhaps not exactly. I build monads left and right, but that's because I don't understand much else. :-) Before you get all hung up on them, though, I recommend reading "The Typeclassopedia,"[1], which will introduce you to all of the monad's friends and family. [1]: http://byorgey.wordpress.com/2009/03/16/monadreader-13-is-out/ cjs -- Curt Sampson <c...@cynic.net> +81 90 7737 2974 http://www.starling-software.com The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. --George Bernard Shaw _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
