Re: [Haskell] Re: Newbie: what are the advantages of Haskell?

2007-04-28 Thread mike clemow
On 4/27/07, Taillefer, Troy (EXP) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] By the way Mike thanks you just totally cheered me up I guess I just needed to sit back and think about what I have learned and how valuable it is to me. There had to be some reason you were still hanging around on this list.

Re: [Haskell] Re: Newbie: what are the advantages of Haskell?

2007-04-27 Thread mike clemow
Troy, As a Java chimp embarking on the Haskell journey myself, I'd be interested in hearing about specific ways that learning Haskell has changed the way you program Java. How do you employ the "very interesting concepts" that you have learned through your study of Haskell in your Java programmi

Re: [Haskell] Newbie: what are the advantages of Haskell?

2007-04-26 Thread mike clemow
Phiroc, I'm new to these ideas too--especially since my college math training is non-existent. I found the following wikipedia articles particularly illuminating on the topic of side-effects: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Side_effect_%28computer_science%29 and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refe