On Mon, 2008-10-13 at 18:38 +0100, Andrew Coppin wrote: > Ryan Ingram wrote: > > I would go further than that. To Andrew's question, I say: > > > > Yes, we want to encourage "these people" to learn Haskell. We want to > > smash all their expectations into tiny little pieces. We want their > > brains to explode. And after that, we want to take what is left, pick > > it up off the floor, and put it back in as something new and better! > > > > People who didn't realize just what it was that they were getting > > into, once they come around, tend to be even more vocal supporters > > among their peers. They've finally "gotten it" and want to share that > > experience with others. > > > > We just need to communicate that learning Haskell will make you a > > better programmer, no matter what expectations you have going in. > > > > Trouble is, certain programmers expect to master everything in 20 > seconds flat ("Learn C++ in 21 days", anyone?), and if they try to learn > an "obscure" and "irrelevant" language like Haskell and don't "get it" > in 20 seconds flat, they'll go "bah, stupid language" and move on. I'm > pretty sure there's no way to simplify Haskell to the point where people > can master it in 20 seconds, so these people are pretty much a lost cause. > > Thus, I would concentrate my efforts on people who are actually willing > to make the effort required to learn. Maybe that's just me...
See, now *this* I agree with completely. jcc _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe