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I too have been trying with Haskell in the past. I don't know, maybe I'm just dumb as a box of rocks.. I found working through learning Standard ML (which conse
by rasur 12y ago
I too have been trying with Haskell in the past. I don't know, maybe I'm just dumb as a box of rocks.. I found working through learning Standard ML (which consequently has lead me on poking about with F#, but that's another tale), has been a considerable help in general for the ML style languages.
- nbouscal 12y agoI definitely agree that working with SML first can make learning Haskell a lot easier. There's a Coursera course from the University of Washington on the subject of Programming Languages, which teaches SML, Racket, and Ruby, and does a great job of helping the student adjust to the different mindsets for each language.
- the_af 12y agoI second the recommendation of Coursera's Programming Languages! Though I must say at times I found myself cursing at ML's default strict evaluation :) I found myself writing (relatively) convoluted code that would have been cleaner in Haskell.
- platz 12y agoThirded!
- rasur 12y agoBit of a late reply.. I've actually been following through the Washington University course from them directly (not via coursera). I guess it's similar if not identical as this also does SML, Racket & Ruby. Well worth the effort.