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You can reach the person managing the list at beginners-ow...@haskell.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Beginners digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Uncalled for apology. (Sean Charles) 2. Re: Uncalled for apology. (Michael Snoyman) 3. Re: Uncalled for apology. (Felipe Almeida Lessa) 4. Re: Uncalled for apology.....everyone please STOP (David Jameson) 5. Forum vs mailing list (Amy de Buitl?ir) 6. Re: Uncalled for apology.....everyone please STOP ( G?khan San) 7. Re: Uncalled for apology.....everyone please STOP (Paul Sargent) 8. Re: Forum vs mailing list (David Jameson) 9. Re: How to think in Haskell (Martin Drautzburg) 10. Re: How to think in Haskell (Jun HU) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:20:32 +0000 From: Sean Charles <s...@objitsu.com> Subject: [Haskell-beginners] Uncalled for apology. To: beginners@haskell.org Message-ID: <1292930432.3282.9.ca...@sean-desktop> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I felt compelled to PM Paul about his email. In support. If this list is to be vetted and thought-controlled by self-imposed politically correct Ministry of Thought operatives then I am leaving today. It's a shame that the mindset required to understand Haskell is still open to petty thinking and the desire to impose its thoughts upon others. Freedom of speech, thought and expression. Well, that's ruined my Christmas I think. What is it about human beings that makes them unable to accept what somebody else has to say without wanting to pontificate ? Sigh, and it was such a nice list too... :( ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:04:19 +0200 From: Michael Snoyman <mich...@snoyman.com> Subject: Re: [Haskell-beginners] Uncalled for apology. To: s...@objitsu.com Cc: beginners@haskell.org Message-ID: <aanlkti=zwgumkb-pt=gzjxpf4mhntkeeoorrorxyq...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I think I must have missed something, could you send a link to the message you're talking about? On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Sean Charles <s...@objitsu.com> wrote: > I felt compelled to PM Paul about his email. > In support. > > If this list is to be vetted and thought-controlled by self-imposed > politically correct Ministry of Thought operatives then I am leaving > today. > > It's a shame that the mindset required to understand Haskell is still > open to petty thinking and the desire to impose its thoughts upon > others. > > Freedom of speech, thought and expression. > Well, that's ruined my Christmas I think. > > What is it about human beings that makes them unable to accept what > somebody else has to say without wanting to pontificate ? > > Sigh, and it was such a nice list too... > :( > > > > _______________________________________________ > Beginners mailing list > Beginners@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners > ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 10:20:55 -0200 From: Felipe Almeida Lessa <felipe.le...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Haskell-beginners] Uncalled for apology. To: Michael Snoyman <mich...@snoyman.com> Cc: s...@objitsu.com, beginners@haskell.org Message-ID: <aanlktindxwxwfx76yo-8p9hahi0jcpkb455vvzes1...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Michael Snoyman <mich...@snoyman.com> wrote: > I think I must have missed something, could you send a link to the > message you're talking about? I was puzzled as well. Here's [1] the archived message in question (see also its replies). I don't want sound rude, but maybe you are overreacting, Sean. I agree that we should be able to exercise our freedom of speech on this mailing list. But in Richard Mittel's defence, we really want to be nice to everyone on the list as well, and he's right when he says that some people may misunderstand Paul's example. Given that Paul wasn't stating his opinion, and only giving an example, giving another example that couldn't be misunderstood should be better (and he himself agrees with this in [1] when he says that he couldn't come up with a better one). In other words, from my point of view Richard wasn't censoring Paul, but cautioning him that those kinds of examples may be inflammatory depending on who reads them. And he's probably right. I've had OOP classes where students got offended by those very kinds of examples. [1] http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/beginners/2010-December/006084.html Peace, and Merry Christmas! =) -- Felipe. ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 07:42:45 -0500 From: David Jameson <dhj...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Haskell-beginners] Uncalled for apology.....everyone please STOP To: Beginners@haskell.org Message-ID: <dfe5cef8-df48-4334-8f08-f45d4b3a5...@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I'm sorry --- but I think everyone is just making a mountain of (not even) a molehill (and I live in Chelsea, NY). Too many people are concerned about someone ELSE being offended. If someone misunderstands a posting, it is not the author's fault ---- particularly when the author didn't say anything to actually offend anyone. This is no different than christians being offended by the atheist billboards popping up. It is not the atheists' problem. Can we please get back to beginning Haskell stuff? I'm desperately trying to learn the basics, struggling right left and center, particularly with infrastructure that I can't get working (can't get the gtk stuff installed on my Mac) and this mailing list is turning into spam! I would hate to have to turn it off. D P.S. By the way, is is not possible to have a forum instead of a mailing list --- these mailing lists are so 19th century! On Dec 21, 2010, at 7:20 AM, Felipe Almeida Lessa wrote: > blah blah blah ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:08:13 +0000 From: Amy de Buitl?ir <a...@nualeargais.ie> Subject: [Haskell-beginners] Forum vs mailing list To: David Jameson <dhj...@gmail.com> Cc: Beginners@haskell.org Message-ID: <aanlkti=vbsglh22r96aq8eu3j=gqndcjse83vca8f...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On 21 December 2010 12:42, David Jameson <dhj...@gmail.com> wrote: > P.S. ?By the way, is is not possible to have a forum instead of a mailing > list --- these mailing lists are so 19th century! If you use an face like GMANE, then you'll get the best of both worlds, plus a bit more. Youll be able to post messages using a forum-like interface. And you don't have to be subscribed to the mailing list to post through GMANE, so if you don't want your inbox filling up, simply unsubscribe. You'll still be able to read all the other posts, but you'll have to go to the GMANE page to do so. Look here for more information: http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.beginners ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:12:01 +0100 From: g...@stillpsycho.net ( G?khan San) Subject: Re: [Haskell-beginners] Uncalled for apology.....everyone please STOP To: Beginners@haskell.org Message-ID: <87zkrzfexq....@erik.gox.ath.cx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 David Jameson <dhj...@gmail.com> writes: > P.S. By the way, is is not possible to have a forum instead of a mailing > list --- these mailing lists are so 19th century! Now, /this/ is offensive! ;-) -- G?khan San ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:20:19 +0000 From: Paul Sargent <psa...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Haskell-beginners] Uncalled for apology.....everyone please STOP To: beginners <Beginners@haskell.org> Message-ID: <368aac79-ecac-4603-a26d-bf2b0ec9e...@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On 21 Dec 2010, at 12:42, David Jameson wrote: > Can we please get back to beginning Haskell stuff? Agreed, the apology was intended to put out a powder keg before it exploded. It's finished from my point of view. Move along, please. ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 09:25:43 -0500 From: David Jameson <dhj...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Haskell-beginners] Forum vs mailing list To: beginners@haskell.org Message-ID: <ieqdd7$45...@dough.gmane.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed You just made my day --- this is MUCH better. Thanks, D Amy de Buitl?ir wrote: > On 21 December 2010 12:42, David Jameson <dhj...@gmail.com> wrote: >> P.S. By the way, is is not possible to have a forum instead of a mailing >> list --- these mailing lists are so 19th century! > > > If you use an face like GMANE, then you'll get the best of both > worlds, plus a bit more. Youll be able to post messages using a > forum-like interface. And you don't have to be subscribed to the > mailing list to post through GMANE, so if you don't want your inbox > filling up, simply unsubscribe. You'll still be able to read all the > other posts, but you'll have to go to the GMANE page to do so. Look > here for more information: > > http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.beginners > ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 11:40:49 +0100 From: Martin Drautzburg <martin.drautzb...@web.de> Subject: Re: [Haskell-beginners] How to think in Haskell To: beginners@haskell.org Message-ID: <201012191140.49742.martin.drautzb...@web.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" On Thursday, 16. December 2010 15:46:57 Jun HU wrote: > Dear everyone, > > My very first question is how to > think in the functional programming way, anyone has some ideas. I don't think any answer to this question will help you much. You really have to do some coding. Get a book and do the exercises, then the question will eventually answer itself. -- Martin ------------------------------ Message: 10 Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:02:33 +0100 From: Jun HU <junh...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Haskell-beginners] How to think in Haskell To: Martin Drautzburg <martin.drautzb...@web.de> Cc: beginners@haskell.org Message-ID: <aanlkti=but68df8smrwynxl3najzarp9n+i1mibgu...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Dear everyone, Thanks for all these kind advices, really appreciate. Finally, happy coding... Merry Christmas Jun 2010/12/19 Martin Drautzburg <martin.drautzb...@web.de> > On Thursday, 16. December 2010 15:46:57 Jun HU wrote: > > Dear everyone, > > > > My very first question is how to > > think in the functional programming way, anyone has some ideas. > > I don't think any answer to this question will help you much. You really > have > to do some coding. Get a book and do the exercises, then the question will > eventually answer itself. > > -- > Martin > > _______________________________________________ > Beginners mailing list > Beginners@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/beginners/attachments/20101221/4c8ce505/attachment.htm> ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Beginners mailing list Beginners@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners End of Beginners Digest, Vol 30, Issue 41 *****************************************