On Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 10:40:10PM +0100, Joachim Durchholz wrote:
John Meacham schrieb:
I think we need some sort of signal, to show that one means "I understand why haskell doesn't allow this in general, but am interested in a compiler specific trick or some theoretical background on the issue" rather than "I am learning haskell and am somewhat confused due to preconcieved notions fostered by my experience with other languages, can someone help me?"
The usual answer to this kind of problem is splitting up the forums. E.g. a haskell-learners list for those who should be saying "I'm learning Haskell", a haskell-tricks one for the more esoteric (high-level, whatyanameit) stuff. Possibly haskell-libraries for library announcements and questions of the form "where do I find the library for doing foobar".
But part of the fun of haskell-cafe is that it's where all the cool people hang out, so you can sit there and be dazzled by their arcane knowledge, and yet also find help for your more mundane problems. I don't think it hurts for a newbie to get a mixture of answers, including the simple ones that benefit them, along with a few to stretch their mind. -- David Roundy Department of Physics Oregon State University