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2025-08-15 12:29:36 +0200 | L29Ah | (~L29Ah@wikipedia/L29Ah) L29Ah |
2025-08-15 12:26:13 +0200 | GdeVolpiano | (~GdeVolpia@user/GdeVolpiano) (Quit: WeeChat 4.5.2) |
2025-08-15 12:26:10 +0200 | <Lycurgus> | *imagine |
2025-08-15 12:26:00 +0200 | <Lycurgus> | i image the paper book is still selling |
2025-08-15 12:25:51 +0200 | <int-e> | yushyin: Right. s/gentle/concise/ and I'm on board. It's useful and covers a significant amount of ground, if you can follow along with it. |
2025-08-15 12:25:34 +0200 | <Lycurgus> | if u have a property which is well known and used it's in your interest to maintain it |
2025-08-15 12:25:20 +0200 | Unicorn_Princess | (~Unicorn_P@user/Unicorn-Princess/x-3540542) (Remote host closed the connection) |
2025-08-15 12:24:25 +0200 | <probie> | Lycurgus: It's a thing he once wrote to help people learn Haskell. Why should he be expected to maintain it in perpetuity for free? |
2025-08-15 12:23:56 +0200 | <yushyin> | int-e: true, but with CS or programming background, I found it short and concise enough to quickly learn the basics and then be able to read other resources |
2025-08-15 12:23:28 +0200 | <Lycurgus> | >: |
2025-08-15 12:23:15 +0200 | <int-e> | sounds fair to me :P |
2025-08-15 12:22:58 +0200 | <Lycurgus> | but specifically "u" |
2025-08-15 12:22:44 +0200 | <Lycurgus> | i'm banned from the official chat channel on this network for usin u and ur and stuff |
2025-08-15 12:21:23 +0200 | <int-e> | "gentle" |
2025-08-15 12:21:16 +0200 | <int-e> | yushyin: it's kind of inaccessible if you don't have a solid CS background |
2025-08-15 12:20:58 +0200 | <lambdabot> | Brend says: Whoever chose the title "A Gentle Introduction to Haskell" is obviously accustomed to wrestling bears in piranha pits or something. |
2025-08-15 12:20:58 +0200 | <merijn> | @quote gentle.intro |
2025-08-15 12:20:52 +0200 | <Lycurgus> | maybe he was sensitive to the haters and has academic or other pretensions which it embarasses |
2025-08-15 12:20:33 +0200 | <int-e> | (And when I use present tense I'm referring to the unofficial https://learnyouahaskell.github.io/ ) |
2025-08-15 12:20:26 +0200 | <yushyin> | i liked the simple "A Gentle Introduction to Haskell" tutorial |
2025-08-15 12:20:10 +0200 | <Lycurgus> | sure, but that's his magnum opus so far |
2025-08-15 12:19:34 +0200 | <merijn> | Lycurgus: Life happens |
2025-08-15 12:19:34 +0200 | <Lycurgus> | *lets |
2025-08-15 12:19:22 +0200 | <merijn> | Hosting a site like LYAH, completely static, no updates, that's a few bucks a month |
2025-08-15 12:19:21 +0200 | <Lycurgus> | *author |
2025-08-15 12:18:50 +0200 | <int-e> | (Would you buy a Haskell book whose title doesn't even type-check? (I know it's freely available too. I've read a few bits and they seemed... okay.)) |
2025-08-15 12:18:50 +0200 | <merijn> | probie: I mean, it kinda is |
2025-08-15 12:18:43 +0200 | <probie> | It's not like hosting is free |
2025-08-15 12:18:40 +0200 | <Lycurgus> | i srsly doubt anything else he's done has had a comparable impact |
2025-08-15 12:18:16 +0200 | <Lycurgus> | interesting that the auther let's it go offline, doesn apparently care |
2025-08-15 12:17:56 +0200 | trickard_ | (~trickard@cpe-90-98-47-163.wireline.com.au) |
2025-08-15 12:17:41 +0200 | trickard_ | (~trickard@cpe-90-98-47-163.wireline.com.au) (Read error: Connection reset by peer) |
2025-08-15 12:17:28 +0200 | Square2 | (~Square@user/square) (Ping timeout: 252 seconds) |
2025-08-15 12:16:32 +0200 | <int-e> | I hate the LYAH title so much. |
2025-08-15 12:16:25 +0200 | <probie> | I found Real World Haskell a much better introduction, but it simply didn't age well |
2025-08-15 12:15:40 +0200 | ljdarj | (~Thunderbi@user/ljdarj) ljdarj |
2025-08-15 12:14:45 +0200 | poscat | (~poscat@user/poscat) (Ping timeout: 248 seconds) |
2025-08-15 12:14:41 +0200 | <merijn> | Not to mention being rather out-of-date by now |
2025-08-15 12:14:29 +0200 | <merijn> | for exactly the reason you give and many others |
2025-08-15 12:14:25 +0200 | Lycurgus | lmao's |
2025-08-15 12:14:19 +0200 | <merijn> | But it's not particularly good from an education point of view |
2025-08-15 12:14:06 +0200 | <merijn> | It's culturally significant in that it was the first accessible intro text to Haskell when it was written and thus got a lot of people into Haskell |
2025-08-15 12:13:55 +0200 | poscat0x04 | (~poscat@user/poscat) poscat |
2025-08-15 12:13:43 +0200 | poscat0x04 | (~poscat@user/poscat) (Remote host closed the connection) |
2025-08-15 12:13:34 +0200 | <merijn> | ackthet: LYAH is not a particularly pedagogically solid book |
2025-08-15 12:12:52 +0200 | poscat0x04 | (~poscat@user/poscat) poscat |
2025-08-15 12:11:06 +0200 | Lycurgus | (~juan@user/Lycurgus) Lycurgus |
2025-08-15 12:03:31 +0200 | lortabac | (~lortabac@2a01:e0a:541:b8f0:55ab:e185:7f81:54a4) (Quit: WeeChat 4.5.2) |
2025-08-15 12:02:40 +0200 | tzh | (~tzh@c-76-115-131-146.hsd1.or.comcast.net) (Quit: zzz) |
2025-08-15 12:02:14 +0200 | fp | (~Thunderbi@87-92-180-212.rev.dnainternet.fi) fp |