2025/08/15

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2025-08-15 12:29:36 +0200L29Ah(~L29Ah@wikipedia/L29Ah) L29Ah
2025-08-15 12:26:13 +0200GdeVolpiano(~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 +0200Unicorn_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 +0200trickard_(~trickard@cpe-90-98-47-163.wireline.com.au)
2025-08-15 12:17:41 +0200trickard_(~trickard@cpe-90-98-47-163.wireline.com.au) (Read error: Connection reset by peer)
2025-08-15 12:17:28 +0200Square2(~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 +0200ljdarj(~Thunderbi@user/ljdarj) ljdarj
2025-08-15 12:14:45 +0200poscat(~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 +0200Lycurguslmao'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 +0200poscat0x04(~poscat@user/poscat) poscat
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2025-08-15 12:13:34 +0200 <merijn> ackthet: LYAH is not a particularly pedagogically solid book
2025-08-15 12:12:52 +0200poscat0x04(~poscat@user/poscat) poscat
2025-08-15 12:11:06 +0200Lycurgus(~juan@user/Lycurgus) Lycurgus
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