Glad to hear about your positive experience with Try Haskell (see
http://tryhaskell.org/)!
I have also enjoyed using Try Haskell. It would be wonderful if it
could be expanded with more content. Many thanks to the developers for
their efforts!
-- Benjamin L. Russell
Fritz Ruehr
I just wanted to send out a more public "Thanks!" to Chris Done for the tryhaskell.org website and to everyone else (including Chris) who was on the #haskell channel of IRC this afternoon when I "tried haskell", along with the chat feature, during my introductory functional programming class.
And I want to recommend the use of tryhaskell and its tutorial to anyone else teaching Haskell in the classroom: it makes for an an especially friendly and approachable introduction to the language for students like mine, some of whom are seeing programming for the first time. I'll be using Hugs and GHC(i) for the day-to-day work through the semester, but I imagine my students will be showing their friends tryhaskell and poking around in it at odd moments from the local cafe.
I had just begun my second lecture with a little introduction to the Haskell community and how friendly it was, etc., when I realized the opportunity that the chat feature represented. Sure enough, #haskellers came through for me with some fun & friendly interaction as the class and I bounced back and forth between the tutorial and their comments.
It was very gratifying to have my abstract proposition about the character of the community backed up by a concrete existential witness, live in the classroom :) .
Thanks again to Chris, Gwern Branwen, _why (of TryRuby) and everyone else for their efforts and interactions.
-- Fritz Ruehr
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