I'm not sure what you mean by "a lot of transcription work". It's an excellent book, aimed at beginners. Mike PR Stanley wrote:

Hi I've acquired a copy of the above title but it requires a lot of transcription work. So, I thought I'd first ensure it's worth the time and effort. This edition was published in 1999. All Opinions on the text, good or bad, would be very welcome. Thanks, Paul

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sqr x = x*x

i don't know where my copy is or who it has, for years. but i remember one bad thing... either i missread the following (my english was not that good) or it is a bug in the book: (in the first chapter, i guess) if you have the function then haskell does reduce the term

sqr (1+2) first to (1+2) * (1+2) and then to 3 * (1+2)

that hurts. the only thing i still remember to have learnt from that book is the good style of programming, which is very well explained. ("only one" due to my Prelude and other Hugs-Library source reading/studying before.) well, that alone is worth enough to read that book. even though it is plain old haskell98 without those gorgeous libs and without -fglasgow-exts. - marc Am Montag, 21. Mai 2007 01:46 schrieb PR Stanley:

Hi I've acquired a copy of the above title but it requires a lot of transcription work. So, I thought I'd first ensure it's worth the time and effort. This edition was published in 1999. All Opinions on the text, good or bad, would be very welcome. Thanks, Paul

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