Kirsten Chevalier wrote: > On 12/12/06, Patrick Mulder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> PS I like the idea of a book "Hakell for Hackers" > > Maybe "Haskell for People Who Want to Be Hackers"?
I would never buy a book with such a title, even if I didn't have the slightest clue about programming. However "Haskell for Hackers" is cool. > (Since, of course, > one should never apply the term "hacker" to oneself.) Who told you that? Calling oneself 'hacker' is a sign of healthy self-respect; to the contrary, I don't know anyone who would call themselves wannabe-hacker. > I'm not sure > whether it's best to aim at people who might be already hackers who > want to learn Haskell, or people who are already programmers who want > to be Haskell hackers, in particular. I suppose that the first group > of people is probably larger. Being a hacker is a matter of attitude and self-definition more than knowledge and experience. A hacker, even if young and lacking experience, reads books for hackers (if at all) not 'how do I become a hacker' books. The attitude is 'gimme the knowledge so i can go ahead and start doing real stuff', not 'oh, there is so much to learn, maybe after 10 years of study and hard work people will finally call me a hacker'. Cheers Ben _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe