[Haskell-cafe] recommendations for reading list?

2010-09-08 Thread David Leimbach
In my amazon shopping cart I currently have: *Conceptual Mathematics: A First Introduction to Categorieshttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/052171916X/ref=ord_cart_shr?ie=UTF8m=ATVPDKIKX0DER *- F. William Lawvere *Categories for the Working Mathematician (Graduate Texts in

Re: [Haskell-cafe] recommendations for reading list?

2010-09-08 Thread Николай Кудасов
Hi, Dave! Consider this book: *Basic Category Theory for Computer Scientists (Foundations of Computing)http://www.amazon.com/Category-Computer-Scientists-Foundations-Computing/dp/0262660717-- *Benjamin C.Pierce This is at the moment the only book about category theory I've read, but it was easy

Re: [Haskell-cafe] recommendations for reading list?

2010-09-08 Thread Benedict Eastaugh
2010/9/9 Николай Кудасов crazy.fiz...@gmail.com: Consider this book: Basic Category Theory for Computer Scientists (Foundations of Computing) -- Benjamin C.Pierce Hi David, Николай Кудасов is quite right—Pierce's book is excellent. Apart from being a good introduction to category theory,

Re: [Haskell-cafe] recommendations for reading list?

2010-09-08 Thread David Leimbach
Thank you for this suggestion. I do have this book. I found it to be a little lacking in some areas in that it felt like I was reading a student's lecture notes, not the professor's. At some point, I'm left with questions that there's no one around to answer :-). This is why I'm trying to go

Re: [Haskell-cafe] recommendations for reading list?

2010-09-08 Thread David Leimbach
2010/9/8 Benedict Eastaugh ionf...@gmail.com 2010/9/9 Николай Кудасов crazy.fiz...@gmail.com: Consider this book: Basic Category Theory for Computer Scientists (Foundations of Computing) -- Benjamin C.Pierce Hi David, Николай Кудасов is quite right--Pierce's book is excellent. Apart