Re: [Haskell-cafe] Proposal for a first tutorial.

2005-12-20 Thread John Meacham
On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 03:38:17PM -0800, Hal Daume III wrote: > Incidentally, the version on the web site now is a recent (few weeks old) > revision. I think it should have fixed all the problems people have sent > in over the last year (thanks!) and most (but not all) of the stupid > spelling

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Proposal for a first tutorial.

2005-12-20 Thread Daniel Carrera
Hal Daume III wrote: Fair enough. The silly form has disappeared :). You can just make the form optional. Something like this: ---//--- Here's a link to my tutorial Also, I love hearing about who is using this tutorial. Please consider filling out this form. ---//--- You get the idea. Ch

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Proposal for a first tutorial.

2005-12-20 Thread Daniel Carrera
John Meacham wrote: Even though I know this to be true, whenever I encounter a form like this on the web I just immediatly press 'back' unless I am specifically looking for what I know is behind it. It is not for any particular ideological reasons, it is just my default action and I think it is f

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Proposal for a first tutorial.

2005-12-20 Thread Hal Daume III
> Even though I know this to be true, whenever I encounter a form like > this on the web I just immediatly press 'back' unless I am specifically > looking for what I know is behind it. It is not for any particular > ideological reasons, it is just my default action and I think it is for > many othe

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Proposal for a first tutorial.

2005-12-20 Thread John Meacham
On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 06:54:27AM -0800, Hal Daume III wrote: > So basically what you're saying is: someone who wants to learn Haskell but > doesn't want to fill out a 10 second form can't find the information to do > so. There's no requirement that the form be filled out correctly -- you > can e

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Proposal for a first tutorial.

2005-12-20 Thread Paul Moore
On 12/20/05, Hal Daume III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It seems a bit unfair to say that there are no good ways of learning > information about Haskell. Yes, I'm shamelessly plugging my own tutorial, > but that's because I think it's pretty good. I agree, it is. I read it and found it a great he

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Proposal for a first tutorial.

2005-12-20 Thread Hal Daume III
> > Daniel -- can you tell me what was missing from YAHT that wasn't > > sufficient for starting to use Haskell? It was really intended to solve > > these problems, at least partially, so if it's missing out, I'd like to > > fix it! > > I haven't read it. I refuse to give out personal informat

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Proposal for a first tutorial.

2005-12-20 Thread Daniel Carrera
Bayley, Alistair wrote: From this page http://haskell.org/hawiki/LearningHaskell there's a link to the tutorial http://www.isi.edu/~hdaume/htut/tutorial.pdf which seems to make no informational demands. I suggest updating this page: http://www.haskell.org/learning.html To point to that

RE: [Haskell-cafe] Proposal for a first tutorial.

2005-12-20 Thread Bayley, Alistair
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel Carrera > > Hal Daume III wrote: > > Daniel -- can you tell me what was missing from YAHT that wasn't > > sufficient for starting to use Haskell? It was really > intended to solve > > these problems, at least partially,

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Proposal for a first tutorial.

2005-12-20 Thread Daniel Carrera
Hal Daume III wrote: Daniel -- can you tell me what was missing from YAHT that wasn't sufficient for starting to use Haskell? It was really intended to solve these problems, at least partially, so if it's missing out, I'd like to fix it! I haven't read it. I refuse to give out personal infor

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Proposal for a first tutorial.

2005-12-20 Thread Hal Daume III
> I've almost finished my proposal for a very first Haskell tutorial. I > notice that the Wiki is restricted. How can I upload it to show it to > you? Can I send it to the list as an attachment? (it's only 4k). Hi Daniel, all -- I've been tracking about 80% of this thread. Daniel -- can you te

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Proposal for a first tutorial.

2005-12-20 Thread Cale Gibbard
Hi, We had to make the wiki not editable to users not logged in, due to excessive spam. If you create a user account, you can edit freely. (Click the UserPreferences link in the upper right.) cheers, - Cale On 20/12/05, Daniel Carrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I've almost finished

[Haskell-cafe] Proposal for a first tutorial.

2005-12-20 Thread Daniel Carrera
Hello, I've almost finished my proposal for a very first Haskell tutorial. I notice that the Wiki is restricted. How can I upload it to show it to you? Can I send it to the list as an attachment? (it's only 4k). Cheers, Daniel. -- /\/`) http://oooauthors.org /\/_/ http://opendocumen