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> Or alternatively I and every programmer I know are idiots. Most programmers haven't taken the time to actually learn Haskell. Haskell only seems hard at fi

by nilkn 14y ago

> Or alternatively I and every programmer I know are idiots. Most programmers haven't taken the time to actually learn Haskell. Haskell only seems hard at first because it incorporates a lot of ideas that other languages do not. For a lot of developers, learning Haskell is a little bit like learning to program from scratch all over again. In that sense, yes, I guess it's hard, but so was whatever language you learned first.

mbel 14y ago
> For a lot of developers, learning Haskell is a little bit like learning to program from scratch all over again. I find this to be the greatest joy of learning a new paradigm, everything is new and unknown, so even simple things are fun (again).
miga 14y ago
> Haskell only seems hard at first because it incorporates a lot of ideas that other languages do not. Indeed, even if you know Haskell, it may take years to master all classes in its standard library and most commonly used modules (like Parsec.)