Brent, First of all, great article! Was really fun to read.
I just had some difficulties to follow up the occurrences of the <$> operator on section Instances page 9. The operator is explained only a little bit later, on Laws page 10. Rodrigo 2009/2/16 Andrew Wagner <[email protected]> > Positively brilliant. What else can be said? Time for Brent to sign a > "Haskell recipes" deal with O'Reilly (or whatever the next normal book > should be). > > On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 4:29 AM, Brent Yorgey <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> If you've noticed the lack of a HWN this week, that's because I've >> been doggedly finishing my article entitled 'The Typeclassopedia', >> which I have just submitted for publication in the Monad.Reader. >> Here's the abstract: >> >> The standard Haskell libraries feature a number of type classes >> with algebraic or categorical underpinnings. Becoming a fluent >> Haskell hacker requires intimate familiarity with them all, yet >> acquiring this familiarity often involves combing through a >> mountain of tutorials, blog posts, mailing list archives, and IRC >> logs. >> >> The goal of this article is to serve as a starting point for the >> student of Haskell wishing to gain a firm grasp of its standard >> type classes. The essentials of each type class are introduced, >> with examples, commentary, and extensive references for further >> reading. >> >> My hope is that this will be a valuable resource to the Haskell >> community, especially those who are learning. Any feedback would be >> greatly appreciated, especially if it helps improve the article before >> publication. A draft can be found here: >> >> >> http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~byorgey/papers/typeclassopedia-draft-090216.pdf<http://www.cis.upenn.edu/%7Ebyorgey/papers/typeclassopedia-draft-090216.pdf> >> >> Also see my blog post for a bit more info: >> >> >> http://byorgey.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/the-typeclassopedia-request-for-feedback/ >> >> happy haskelling! >> -Brent >> _______________________________________________ >> Haskell-Cafe mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell > >
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