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| + | == Introduction == | ||
| + | Hello there. I am another Haskell beginner. I am writting this page to tell my experience with Haskell so far, inspired by the article [[From a newbie]]. | ||
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| + | == First impressions of Haskell == | ||
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| + | My first language was PHP, then C, then C++ and some ruby/python scattered sparsely. Then someone in the #c++ channel in Quakenet said something about Haskell and functional programming. He said there were 'no variables' or something of the sort, and how it had influenced and improved his C++ style. Since he was a pretty good programmer I decided to take a look. Ugh, what the f*ck is this? So it never went past taking a glance from the examples in wikipedia or haskell.org, learning by guessing and then giving up. | ||
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| + | Only 6 months after, out of sheer boredom I decided to resume my Haskell lessons. Naturally, I am enjoying it more than ever, since this 'feeling' that learning something \this\ new gives I had only found when learning C, or learning about OOP in ruby or C++. | ||
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| + | == Learning Haskell takes lots of time and practice == | ||
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| + | Just like it took... what, 2 years? to learn C++ (and I still don't consider myself good at it), I think Haskell has a loooong learning curve. Specially if you come from an imperative background. | ||
| + | :That is the problem. Imperative or OOP entrenches in your brain and repels other paradigms. Just learn Haskell earlier. --[[User:Beroal|Beroal]] 05:13, 20 January 2010 (UTC) | ||
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| + | == Learning Haskell made easy (easier) == | ||
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| + | Short and sweet: | ||
| + | * Print the haskell98 report - read. | ||
| + | * #haskell on freenode - ask. | ||
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| + | == Haskell can be interpreted AND compiled? == | ||
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| + | I have to admit this was one of the features about it that attracted me the most. So far I had dealt with either compiled languages (C, C++) or interpreted (Ruby, Python, PHP). This just looked awesome. And it is. | ||
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| + | == Haskell can be used to write real-world stuff == | ||
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| + | Amazing, so it's not educational oriented only, but rather has a rather large standard library for interfacing with the real-world (WIN32 Api, OpenGl, Networking, etc). Sweet. | ||
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| + | == Elegant solutions here I come == | ||
| + | I'm not even sure if I like the code more than the resulting binaries sometimes. :) | ||
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| + | == Wtfux is a monad == | ||
| + | I think I'm getting it...amazing. Start by understanding IO. Then realize what a monad IS. Then make your own monads. Oh my gosh. | ||
Latest revision as of 15:19, 6 February 2021
Contents
Introduction
Hello there. I am another Haskell beginner. I am writting this page to tell my experience with Haskell so far, inspired by the article From a newbie.
First impressions of Haskell
My first language was PHP, then C, then C++ and some ruby/python scattered sparsely. Then someone in the #c++ channel in Quakenet said something about Haskell and functional programming. He said there were 'no variables' or something of the sort, and how it had influenced and improved his C++ style. Since he was a pretty good programmer I decided to take a look. Ugh, what the f*ck is this? So it never went past taking a glance from the examples in wikipedia or haskell.org, learning by guessing and then giving up.
Only 6 months after, out of sheer boredom I decided to resume my Haskell lessons. Naturally, I am enjoying it more than ever, since this 'feeling' that learning something \this\ new gives I had only found when learning C, or learning about OOP in ruby or C++.
Learning Haskell takes lots of time and practice
Just like it took... what, 2 years? to learn C++ (and I still don't consider myself good at it), I think Haskell has a loooong learning curve. Specially if you come from an imperative background.
- That is the problem. Imperative or OOP entrenches in your brain and repels other paradigms. Just learn Haskell earlier. --Beroal 05:13, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
Learning Haskell made easy (easier)
Short and sweet:
- Print the haskell98 report - read.
- #haskell on freenode - ask.
Haskell can be interpreted AND compiled?
I have to admit this was one of the features about it that attracted me the most. So far I had dealt with either compiled languages (C, C++) or interpreted (Ruby, Python, PHP). This just looked awesome. And it is.
Haskell can be used to write real-world stuff
Amazing, so it's not educational oriented only, but rather has a rather large standard library for interfacing with the real-world (WIN32 Api, OpenGl, Networking, etc). Sweet.
Elegant solutions here I come
I'm not even sure if I like the code more than the resulting binaries sometimes. :)
Wtfux is a monad
I think I'm getting it...amazing. Start by understanding IO. Then realize what a monad IS. Then make your own monads. Oh my gosh.