On Mon, 2006-12-11 at 13:42 -0600, Nicolas Frisby wrote:
Two cents:
Two (Croatian) lipas, much less than two cents :-(
3) This would be the first book introducing the nuances of large systems development in Haskell to Haskell programmers. Explaining well various monads (e.g. how to use mtl), or other things necessary for "practical Haskell" (e.g. ByteString, database interface, web app, parsing, and many other systems libraries), requires of the audience a rather thorough understanding of Haskell's type system (MPTC and other extensions for mirth).
Right. We need something practical after one is finished with e.g. Thompson's Craft or Hudak's SOE.
I love the analogies as much as the next programming languages researcher, but I think introducing Haskell in text has been done and done well--it doesn't need a new approach. So don't reinvent the "learn Haskell" text; that way you can spend time on the good stuff.
I agree and want to encourage the effort to bring 'practical Haskell' to the masses. Today one user in #haskell.hr expressed his doubt whether "...Haskell has any future out of academic circles..." Sincerely, Gour