>
> FWIW: This is my second or third day with Haskell. I was totally stumped
> until I searched out "Yet Another Haskell Tutorial". I tried starting with
> "A Gentle Introduction...", but it never told me how to get started. It
> talked at great length about the language, and I'm certain tha
> FWIW: This is my second or third day with Haskell. I was totally stumped
> until I searched out "Yet Another Haskell Tutorial". I tried starting with
> "A Gentle Introduction...", but it never told me how to get started. It
> talked at great length about the language, and I'm certain that it
Wolfgang Jeltsch wrote:
> Am Sonntag, 18. Dezember 2005 17:25 schrieb Daniel Carrera:
>> [...]
>
>> This is a real problem for Haskell. I expect that a lot of people try
>> Haskell and give up because they can't even write the simplest function.
>
> Hello Daniel,
>
> honestly, I have to say tha
Hello Alistair,
Tuesday, December 20, 2005, 1:13:50 PM, you wrote:
BA> And there's this interesting site, which demos a interpreter running in
BA> your browser
it's a neat idea! I/O-stripped version of hugs can be runned in such
way
btw, i send to newcomers the following recommendations:
=
Donn Cave wrote:
I understand that interactive mode can be useful, I'm just wondering
whether it belongs with Hello world in the scheme of things, or if
at that first step it would be better to focus on the language.
Let's compare sample instructions:
Interactive mode:
-
1. Wri
On Tue, 20 Dec 2005, Bayley, Alistair wrote:
...
> There should be a "getting started" page which says:
> - download and install this interpreter (Hugs or GHCi)
> - run it, type these expressions, and see the results
> - create a HelloWorld program, compile and execute.
> - now start the follow
Bayley, Alistair wrote:
For someone getting started, in IMO the Learning Haskell page has too
much stuff on it. The total beginner doesn't have the knowledge they
need to decide which implementation to install, which tutorial to read,
or which textbook to buy. At the risk of alienating some tutor
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Moore
>
> I suspect that the reference documentation is fine, and the tutorials
> are great, given what they are trying to do. But there is scope for a
> very prominent "Getting going" document. Daniel's "40-second intro to
>
OOn Mon, 19 Dec 2005 10:50:00 +0100, Wolfgang Jeltsch
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Am Sonntag, 18. Dezember 2005 17:25 schrieb Daniel Carrera:
>> [...]
>
>> This is a real problem for Haskell. I expect that a lot of people try
>> Haskell and give up because they can't even write the simplest functi
