Re: [Haskell-cafe] Why Perl is more learnable than Haskell

kynn wrote:

(I don't need elegant factorial or Fibonacci functions in my everyday work.)

I think you do. Most of your utility programs probably fit into the simple frame of main = interact $ unlines . map f . lines for suitable f. Of course, f is hardly ever the factorial function, but it is a function. My guess is, you think you "just wanted a loop" when in reality you need to lift a function to work over a list.

Or I can always wait until I retire; then I'll probably have a sufficiently long stretch of free time in my hands

You may need patience, too. -Udo