11 Mar
2002
11 Mar
'02
8:05 p.m.
On Mon, 11 Mar 2002, Konst Sushenko wrote:
I have always been wondering what exactly does "quickly learn Haskell" mean? Quickly learn Haskell syntax? Can one learn how to paint quickly?
Be able to modify or add to the code base within a few weeks, in such a way that somebody doesn't have to come back later and repair your work. (-: So, no, not just the syntax: much harder, in my opinion, is to learn how to phrase even just simple algorithms in an efficient and functional way. When I first learned Standard ML, after years of imperative programming, my brain almost hurt for the first few weeks. -- Mark