Hello, On Friday 13 July 2007 17:08, Neil Mitchell wrote:
Hi
* At any point, create haskell-new-users@. This would have the advantage that people might not be so intimidated at making their first post here, and posts wouldn't be answered with category theory or scary type extensions. The disadvantages are that it makes an artificial barrier (when is someone ready to post to haskell@ instead?)
Just an idea: How about haskell-first-post@ to encourage the second post to go to haskell@? Or is that too dictator-like?
Why not learning@haskell.org, for people who aren't using Haskell to do things, but are working through tutorials.
The idea with haskell-first-post@ would be to make it extremely easy for people to select which list to post to. For example, with a "learning" list, I would be uncertain myself. Whether it would also be easy for "answerers" to figure out how to behave, I don't know. In any case, it is important (as others have also said) not to lose the situation that mixes new-comers with experts.
A number of questions relate directly to books such as SOE, and these could be easily answered there.
Thanks
Neil
Best regards Thorkil