Benjamin Russell (russell@brainlink.com) wrote:
Personally, I would really prefer "A Gentle Elementary Introduction to Haskell: Elements of the Haskell School of Expression with Practical Examples," but some would no doubt choose "Haskell in a Nutshell: How to Write Practical Programs in Haskell."
An O'Reilly "nutshell" book is an even better suggestion than my "Design Patterns in Haskell" of a few days back, at least from the perspective of marketing and promotion. But it raises the issue of an appropriate animal mascot for the cover; I can only come up with the Uakari, an exotic-looking rainforest monkey, which sounds similar to "Curry". (look here for a picture:) http://www.animalsoftherainforest.com/uakari.htm One possibly relevant point: the site notes that the Uakari is "mainly arboreal (tree-dwelling)". On the other hand, this means that it is probably threatened by deforestation, whereas this phenomenon can be of great help in Haskell :) . -- Fritz Ruehr fruehr@willamette.edu
On Wed, 3 Jan 2001 22:55:17 -0800 (PST)
Fritz K Ruehr
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An O'Reilly "nutshell" book is an even better suggestion than my "Design Patterns in Haskell" of a few days back, at least from the perspective of marketing and promotion.
But it raises the issue of an appropriate animal mascot for the cover; I can only come up with the Uakari, an exotic-looking rainforest monkey, which sounds similar to "Curry".
(look here for a picture:)
Lalit Pant ( lalitp@acm.org ) (alternatively, lalit_pant@yahoo.com ) wrote an article in the May 2000 issue of _Java Report_ entitled "Developing Intelligent Systems With Java and Prolog" that described a Prolog implementation of the A-star search algorithm. Lalit stated that Prolog was useful for algorithm prototyping. Perhaps Lalit Pant and Simon Peyton Jones could collaborate together on an article, perhaps overseen by Paul Hudak, on prototyping search algorithms in Haskell, also for _The Java Report?_ If this article then had a high readership, maybe the article's success could then justify publication of an O'Reilly _Haskell in a Nutshell_ book? --Ben P. S. (Hi Doug Fields. I didn't know that you were reading this mailing list. I guess that I should also greet Professor Paul Hudak: Hello, Professor Hudak. Sorry about Collectively Speaking. How's jazz in general?) Benjamin L. Russell russell@brainlink.com benjamin.russell.es.94@aya.yale.edu "Furuike ya! Kawazu tobikomu mizu no oto." --Matsuo Basho
But it raises the issue of an appropriate animal mascot for the cover; I can only come up with the Uakari, an exotic-looking rainforest monkey, which sounds similar to "Curry".
(look here for a picture:)
Wow, that looks remarkably like me! Erik
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