
Petr P
writes:
Don't take it so hard. Trying to reinvent something is always a great exercise and makes you really understand the problem. And it can have interesting results too. One of my university professors once heard about some concept, but didn't know the details. He tried to derive the concept himself, and he actually invented something different, new and very useful.
Thank you very much to everyone for the encouragement, and especially to Edward and Shachaf for the education on #haskell. It will be hard to unlearn a lesson like this one. :) And I will certainly endeavor to make the most valuable mistakes I can from here on, with the help of such a gracious community. :) Yours, -- John Wiegley FP Complete Haskell tools, training and consulting http://fpcomplete.com johnw on #haskell/irc.freenode.net