Perhaps you could elaborate a bit why you are interesting in learning Haskell? I'm a Haskell newb as well (write apps in Java for daily living). I'm quite inte

Perhaps you could elaborate a bit why you are interesting in learning Haskell? I'm a Haskell newb as well (write apps in Java for daily living). I'm quite interested in theoritical CS, and that's what keep me pursuing Haskell. If you ask me what specific benefits I get, then my answer is none. At least at the moment.