Re: Where prelude alternatives/ classes and types to get values?

Hi

In my opinion, Haskell should take a cue from the videogame industry and create an EasyPrelude, normal Prelude, and HardPrelude.

The EasyPrelude would be something like the Helium prelude - very little overloading.

The main reason for something like this is that error messages aren't as clear. Wouldn't a better solution be a "-beginner" flag which on seeing x ++ xs gives the hint "x is not a list, it doesn't have to be, but you probably wanted it to be". Or perhaps someone could research good type error messages? I don't like the idea of partitioning Haskell users into discrete sets based on their ability - its not a nice culture to have, but more practically it makes a painful jump between each stage. Thanks Neil