Haha okay, I suppose if you think Common Lisp is simple, then Haskell is simple too. Most people however, consider Common Lisp the opposite of simple. As for th

Haha okay, I suppose if you think Common Lisp is simple, then Haskell is simple too. Most people however, consider Common Lisp the opposite of simple. As for the concepts that I mentioned, you explained it yourself very clearly in another comment of yours: > You need to understand monads to do anything beyond trivial exercises. It is something that virtually every single person coming to haskell from another language is unfamiliar with. I don't see how a focus on such a fundamental aspect of the language is a bad thing. -- http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5326342 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5326342