18 Nov
2006
18 Nov
'06
1:29 p.m.
Daniel, you wrote:
I suspect I would be classified as a newbie relative to most posters on this list but here's my thoughts anyway... [...] One of my initial responses to haskell was disappointment upon seeing head, fromJust and the like. 'Those look nasty', I sez to meself. From day one I've tried to avoid using them. Very occasionally I do use them in the heat of the moment, but it makes me feel unclean and I end up having to take my keyboard into the bathroom for a good scrubbing with the sandsoap.
I completely agree and couldn't have said it in any better way (including the relative newbie part). Ben