Re: [Haskell-cafe] Re: Why Perl is more learnable than Haskell

2007-04-11 Thread Dan Mead
Ah... there really needs to be more literature written on switching to the functional paradigm, IMHO. That is really these guys haven't had an easy time with it. On 4/11/07, Ryan Dickie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I thought I could resist this thread but I'll bite =:-() The first language i le

[Haskell-cafe] Re: Why Perl is more learnable than Haskell

2007-04-11 Thread Ryan Dickie
I thought I could resist this thread but I'll bite =:-() The first language i learned was basic. No real functions, simple step by step instructions. I then learned hypercard, c, c++, python, assembly, vhdl, and too many others! Now i've decided to learn haskell. I view it as a mathematicians la