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> If you want to learn Haskell, forget Category theory, until you want to learn the theoretical underpinnings of it. Category Theory isn't very useful for lear
by dllthomas 10y ago
> If you want to learn Haskell, forget Category theory, until you want to learn the theoretical underpinnings of it.
Category Theory isn't very useful for learning the theoretical underpinnings of the language itself.
- qwertyuiop924 10y agoOh. Wow. It's worse than I thought.
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- dllthomas 10y agoI'm not sure what you mean by that. Haskell, the language, is theoretically built more on the lambda calculus and logic. Category Theory has served a fruitful source of inspiration in the design of some languages (and in some places provides a common vocabulary).