Re: [Haskell-beginners] trying to install libraries for Haskell School of Expression

PS: Did you mean stackage .ORG not .COM On 2 March 2015 at 13:04, emacstheviking wrote:

Plunk! (penny drops) I get it...now that is truly the icing on the cabal-hell free cake! Thanks again Julian.

On 2 March 2015 at 12:48, Julian Birch wrote:

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If you go to www.stackage.com/lts/1.10, you'll find a hoogle search box. It'll give you search results for everything in LTS 1.10.

On Monday, March 2, 2015, emacstheviking wrote:

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What does that do for me within LTS confines? I know Hoogle, but I don't understand what you mean by "they run a hoogle for the exact version, with every library." ...I just want to understand so I can be as excited as everybody else right now! LOL :)

On 2 March 2015 at 12:34, Julian Birch wrote:

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It gets better: they run a hoogle for the exact version, with every library. :)

On Monday, March 2, 2015, emacstheviking wrote:

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Took a while to sink in....DEF trying this out tonight Looks AWESOME if it does what it says! Getting excited about Haskell again. THANKS!!!! Yoohoo :)

On 2 March 2015 at 12:10, Julian Birch wrote:

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Just a small note: if you're suffering from cabal hell, LTS Haskell may help you. I described how to use it here:

http://www.colourcoding.net/blog/archive/2015/02/22/hello-world-web-applicat...

Hope someone finds it useful.

J

On Monday, March 2, 2015, emacstheviking wrote:

> Agreed. I will "finish" with a mild semi-demi-rant too regarding the > assumption by a lot of posters that we are all academics with access to > papers on this and that. I am not and I don't. If you cite a paper, make > sure it's available to Joe Public please! > > As for only sticking to plain vanialla simple Haskell, yes, that > works BUT there are some many great libraries that a real time > savers...it's such a shame when they won't play well together! > > So, despite it all, tonight I will be hacking Haskell ! > > :) > > > On 1 March 2015 at 19:27, DJ wrote: > >> Yeah. I think there are a lot of us out there. I won't rant (much) >> here, because I hope to get some help from time to time. Alienating people >> is not a good way to get help. >> >> But: >> >> There are many things I like about the language, but I have always >> been perplexed by the haskell ecosystem in a couple of ways. However good >> and/or interesting a language might be, it is not possible to do meat and >> potatoes development unless there is a good supply of packages/libraries. >> >> My first problem was that I often just could not get stuff to >> install. The second problem was documentation. I hope it has improved a >> bit. I was always flabbergasted at the (apparent) belief that a few lines >> of API documentation coughed out by haddock are enough. But that's all >> there was in a lot of cases. That, and "refer to xxxx research paper" and >> "figure it out from the types". Hah. Any math paper that consisted of just >> the equations sorted in alphabetical order would not be well received, I >> think. >> >> I really admired that fact that Michael Snoyman wrote a book about >> Yesod. For all I know he may not have kept the book up, but at least he >> realized that people needed an explanation of how to use his software. >> >> Well, back to work. I am going to give haskell another try for >> sure. It's just too tempting to give up on. If it doesn't work, the next >> stop will be sml or ocaml. >> >> Best, >> >> - DJ - >> >> >> On 15-03-01 09:56 AM, emacstheviking wrote: >> >> I feel your pain... >> >> >>> Confession: I abandoned Haskell two years ago because of >>> frustration with cabal and hackage. I decided to get back to the language >>> today, and to start with Haskell School of Expression. I immediately run >>> into the problem that the first thing I try to install with cabal does not >>> work. >>> >>> It is the same reason I have stopped using it. It's a real >> shame. Those with better education and understanding than mine should be >> concerned that the uptake of the language is stunted by its package manager. >> >> I love Haskell. I have taught myself (the beginnings at least) of >> group theory just to better comprehend the mindset of monads. For that >> alone I am glad I learned Haskell as it has rekindled my interest in maths! >> >> >> >>> Thanks for any help. Please tell me things are not just as bad now >>> as they were when I left ;-) >>> >>> This mail seems to indicate to me that "cabal hell" is here for >> some time to come... >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Beginners mailing listBeginners@haskell.orghttp://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/beginners >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Beginners mailing list >> Beginners@haskell.org >> http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/beginners >> >> >

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