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Near the end of the article, author suggests "free resources online" as an alternative to LYAH and Real World Haskell. FYI, both are available online, for free:
by oscilloscope 15y ago
Near the end of the article, author suggests "free resources online" as an alternative to LYAH and Real World Haskell. FYI, both are available online, for free:
http://learnyouahaskell.com/chapters http://learnyouahaskell.com/chapters
http://book.realworldhaskell.org/read/ http://book.realworldhaskell.org/read/
LYAH has some great jokes in it. It's easier to remember funny things, since humor involves fracturing your worldview just a bit. This helped me ease my way into Haskell and loosen my brain up. Less rambling than _why's poignant guide or Programming Perl (the humor), and well-paced for beginners.
- jerf 15y agoJust updated to add the first link. The online LYAH doesn't seem quite identical to the version I have (different chapter titles if nothing else), but it seems to be the same thing. (Wouldn't be surprised they come into total sync over the next few weeks.) The point about humor is what I tried (poorly, I think) to get across in the line about offsetting the formality. You said it much better. It is more than just a random style choice, it turns out to be a core aspect of the book's approach, I think. (Linking the competition feels faintly gauche to me, even if I do conclude they are complimentary rather than competitive. YMMV.)