Re: [Haskell-cafe] I hate Haskell's typeclasses

David MacIver wrote:

Sure. I'm just saying, it's more of a "Jump through this hoop and you shall have moist, delicious cake. And by the way, here's a leg up" set up. There are rewards for the hoop jumping, and assistance on the way there (which is more than can be said for a lot of languages which make you jump through hoops) :-)

I think I might be stretching the analogy slightly.

THE CAKE IS A LIE!! (Sorry, couldn't resist... I'll try not to do that again.)