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I tried learning Haskell by reading LYAH and doing some of the cis194 course, it was alright, but I was struggling. Then I bought Haskellbook (Haskell Programmi

I tried learning Haskell by reading LYAH and doing some of the cis194 course, it was alright, but I was struggling. Then I bought Haskellbook (Haskell Programming from first principles). Took me a while to finish it, but I had a great time doing it. I learned Haskell and was able to jump right into writing my first library with it. And I come from a non-CS background with only a bit of Ruby prior to that. The quality of your learning materials matters a lot.

aaron-lebo 9y ago
It's great but also 1300 pages (and $60, well-deserved).
bontaq 9y ago
I'm about ~300 pages into it and it's been really enjoyable. "Pure functional programming without fear or frustration" is so right. I've started to look forward to the couple pages I get through each day after work, it's legitimately relaxing.