Re: [Haskell-cafe] Just curios

Thomas Schilling wrote:

On 6/11/07, Andrew Coppin wrote:

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"Of course, our biggest mistake was using the word 'monad'. We should have called it 'warm fuzzy thing'..."

You know that thing called "Google"? ;)

http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/92

Among others.

I don't see any reference t-- oh, wait. Half way down the 20-mile page. I see it now. Simon (the PJ one) says "Our biggest mistake [in designing Haskell] was using the scary term 'monad' rather than 'warm fuzzy thing'." in Wearing the hair shirt: A retrospective on Haskell. And now I have a URL. >:-)