Re: [Haskell-beginners] Haskell code as DSL

On 22/03/14 17:15, Rosario Borda wrote:

Thank You, but are the keywords of haskell translatable using the "function" approach suggested (case, of - data - ...)?

Rosario

2014-03-21 17:59 GMT+01:00 Kim-Ee Yeoh :

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On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 3:17 AM, Mateusz Kowalczyk < fuuzetsu@fuuzetsu.co.uk> wrote:

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What's wrong with making something like Prelude.Italian which re-exports the common functions under their Italian equivalents?

Yes, a Prelude with Italian names is a great idea!

-- Kim-Ee

No, they aren't but considering how few keywords Haskell has, this shouldn't be a problem and your students would learn some Haskell rather than some Template Haskelled wrapper around it which they can't relate to when they go and look stuff up. case of data newtype module if then else class type do where let newtype instance import qualified as hiding pattern proc That's just about it and you won't be using all of these at once either. If you really want to go with ‘translate everything’ approach, what are you going to do about error messages? Even if you alias the used built-in types, GHC will still often strip the alias. I understand translating some function names because there are many functions and it's easier to remember what it does if it's a word you know, but I think going beyond that is going to be harmful in a long run. If you want to introduce your students to FP using Haskell then please use Haskell! Using TH to hide Haskell seems counter-intuitive. I'm sceptic whether the word ‘instance’ or ‘module’ will mean anything more to young students whether it's in English or Italian. -- Mateusz K.