Re: [Haskell-cafe] Which advanced Haskell topics interest you

2012-10-04 Thread Kim-Ee Yeoh
Something to consider is that it's not so much whether the material is basic, advanced, or intermediate; it's that the way it's being presented is boring and ineffective. Take the Head First Java book, which was deliberately engineered to overcome precisely this hitherto neglected aspect of

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Which advanced Haskell topics interest you

2012-10-04 Thread Stephen Tetley
On 4 October 2012 18:04, Kim-Ee Yeoh k...@atamo.com wrote: Something to consider is that it's not so much whether the material is basic, advanced, or intermediate; it's that the way it's being presented is boring and ineffective. I'd suggest there is enough range in the Haskell books now

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Which advanced Haskell topics interest you

2012-10-04 Thread Vo Minh Thu
2012/10/4 Stephen Tetley stephen.tet...@gmail.com: On 4 October 2012 18:04, Kim-Ee Yeoh k...@atamo.com wrote: Something to consider is that it's not so much whether the material is basic, advanced, or intermediate; it's that the way it's being presented is boring and ineffective. I'd suggest

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Which advanced Haskell topics interest you

2012-10-04 Thread Kristopher Micinski
On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Stephen Tetley stephen.tet...@gmail.com wrote: On 4 October 2012 18:04, Kim-Ee Yeoh k...@atamo.com wrote: Something to consider is that it's not so much whether the material is basic, advanced, or intermediate; it's that the way it's being presented is boring

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Which advanced Haskell topics interest you

2012-10-04 Thread Manuel M T Chakravarty
Kristopher Micinski krismicin...@gmail.com: On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Stephen Tetley stephen.tet...@gmail.com wrote: As for an advanced book, maybe limiting the subject to one domain (concurrency / DSLs for graphics / pick a favourite ...) might make a better book than one targeting a