I want to just second that one. haskell-newbies is a great idea
On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Manuel M. T. Chakravarty wrote:
> Simon Marlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote,
>
> > Maintainer's note:
> >
> [...]
> > Also, if anyone has any suggestions for new mailing lists that haskell.org
> > could provide, please get in touch. haskell-announce, anyone?
>
> I am wondering whether it would makes sense to have a list
> specifically for "newbies". This is not to separate more
> experienced users from those who just started using Haskell,
> but to lower the barrier for new users. I can easily
> imagine that a person after reading five posts about the
> pros and cons of MPTC and related topics doesn't dare to ask
> a questions like ``What does the strange "Ord a" prefix in
> the type of >= mean?'' Maybe a "haskell-help" or
> "haskell-newusers" could help here. (This would of course
> work only if a sufficient number of experienced users would
> also subscribe to this list and offer advice.)
>
> Manuel
>
>
>
