On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 10:11 PM, Manlio Perillo <manlio_perillo@libero.it> wrote:
This strategy is doomed to failure, unfortunately.

So it is the good strategy, because Haskell's slogan is "avoid success at all cost" :-)
 
We live in the real world, compromises are necessary.

I don't think so. It's just that we have different kinds of people with different skills. If you try to please the whole world, you please nobody. 

As a beginner Haskeller, I just know I need more practice. folding is now natural to me, but monad transformers and applicative stuff not yet, but that's a matter of time. I just need to practice practice practice.