On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 8:55 AM, Iain Barnett <iainsp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 11 Oct 2009, at 13:58, John Lato wrote: > >> For anyone writing introductions to generic programming, take this as >> a plea from Haskellers everywhere. If one of the RWH authors can't >> understand how to make use of these techniques, what hope do the rest >> of us have? >> >> John Lato >> >> P.S. Some might wryly note that I'm the maintainer of a package which >> is also known for incomprehensible documentation. To which I would >> reply that our effort is much newer, I consider it a problem, and it's >> being worked on, contrasted to the state of GP where similarly >> impenetrable documentation has been and continues to be the norm. >> > > You could say that about most documentation (for Haskell and beyond). > Apparently, programmers like programming better than documenting. The effect > of this is that less people use their programming, making their efforts > redundant. > > Silly really, considering programmers are (allegedly:) intelligent.
Apparently, programmers like programming better than reading as well... in my experience. _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe