9 Jan
                
                    2008
                
            
            
                9 Jan
                
                '08
                
            
            
            
        
    
                10:17 a.m.
            
        On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 15:06 +0000, Dougal Stanton wrote:
Have a look at the ueber-retrospective on Haskell, fifty-five pages of all the history and motivation one could possibly want.
http://research.microsoft.com/~simonpj/papers/history-of-haskell/
It's interesting reading, I promise! ;-)
I actually think it was a really interesting read when i read it a year ago or so! :)