Thanks to everyone for their comments regarding "GITH". I conclude that: -- it is useful to people who have previously programmed in Scheme or some other functional language -- it is a difficult read for those not familiar with FP concepts, and certainly not appropriate for novice programmers -- given the dearth of free documentation on Haskell, it serves a useful purpose -- the title is misleading Also thanks to George Russell for reminding me that the intro states clearly that:
Our goal is to provide a gentle introduction to Haskell for someone who has experience with at least one other language, preferably a functional language (even if only an "almost-functional" language such as ML or Scheme).
So I suppose the main thing that John and I should think about is changing the title. Something like "An Introduction to Haskell for People Who Have Previously Programmed in Scheme or Some Other Functional Language" might be good! :-) Of course changing the title might confuse people to whom the document was recommended. It may be that a clarifying remark on haskell.org is warranted. Anyway, thanks again for the comments. Best to All for the New Year, -Paul