On 14/12/06, Conrad Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
What [hackers] are, unapologetically, is hostile to people who seem to
be unwilling to think or to do their own homework before asking questions.
People like that are time sinks — they take without giving back, and they
waste time we c
On 15/12/06, Nicolas Frisby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
... That's not to say it was the poster's fault: any question is
a good question.
I agree ...
2) The "welcome to the mailing list" message could say "if you're
new to Haskell, please check this FAQ first". I'm talking big letters
here;
On 12/14/06, Ross Paterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Absolutely. Some more questions of this type:
How do I update a variable?
How can I efficiently update an array?
How do I get debugging output?
How can I put different types of things in a list?
Sometimes the
On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 10:16:10AM +, Neil Mitchell wrote:
> I'd say our worst feature is tending to give solutions which are not
> "simple" Haskell, but make use of advanced features. When a beginner
> asks a question, sometimes the answer requires GADT's, Template
> Haskell, rank-2 types etc.
Hallo,
On 12/14/06, Paul Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
But overall I'd agree, this is a very helpful community - it's just
that you all seem so much cleverer than I, so I'm not sure I'll ever
be smart enough to write Haskell programs :-) (50% joke...)
I know the feeling. :-)
--
-alex
On 12/14/06, Neil Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi
> * Give tips on how to answer questions
>
> + Ok. we can put up an article here. Some suggestions:
> - No questions are bad questions
> - Code should come with examples of how to run it
>
Hi
* Give tips on how to answer questions
+ Ok. we can put up an article here. Some suggestions:
- No questions are bad questions
- Code should come with examples of how to run it
- Solutions with unsafePerformIO should be discour
On 12/13/06, Donald Bruce Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
* Give tips on how to answer questions
+ Ok. we can put up an article here. Some suggestions:
- Solutions with unsafePerformIO should be discouraged (moreso
;)
I'd like to at least suggest a slight qu
