Am Dienstag 29 September 2009 14:47:27 schrieb Iain Barnett: > On 29 Sep 2009, at 12:48, Daniel Fischer wrote: > > Am Dienstag 29 September 2009 13:04:38 schrieb Iain Barnett: > >> Personally, I tend to find "exercises" without access to the answers > >> a poor way to learn. You'll learn more from a well crafted example > >> than you ever will by struggling at something yourself. > > > > I sort of disagree. You'll learn more if you can read a well > > crafted example *after* > > you've struggled to get something good on your own. > > If you start inspecting an example before you've spent considerable > > effort understanding > > the matter on your own, you're likely to miss some important things. > > So, if I was trying to come up with a solution to a problem that > possibly has multiple solutions, like building an engine for a car, I > would do better if I hadn't seen a (well crafted) working engine by > someone else than if I had?
I thought we were talking about homework for a school/university course. I tacitly assumed that the principles and some examples would have previously been given in the lectures. Then you're given the homework exercise to build upon those to solve a bigger task. > > If effort is there, then give me the example any time, because > insight will be quicker. But it will be deeper if you explored the matter first without your vision constrained by the example. > If you're going to be lazy then it doesn't matter either way. True. > > > Regards, > Iain _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
