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Re:Why Johnny Can't Code Good [video] by tome on Saturday October 14, 2017 @12:22PM (#15472841)
> He’s also written what he thinks is the only good book in what he thinks is the only good language

I've no idea whether he thinks it's the only good Haskell book (do you have a reference for him claiming that?) but there is a sizeable segment of the Haskell community that considers it the best Haskell book. (I've never read it, personally.)

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Re:Why Johnny Can't Code Good [video] by austenallred on Saturday October 14, 2017 @12:24PM (#15472857)
It pretty clearly, in my mind, is the best Haskell book. There are really only a couple attempts ever made at writing a Haskell book, so there’s not too terribly much competition.
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Re:Why Johnny Can't Code Good [video] by coolsunglasses on Saturday October 14, 2017 @06:16PM (#15474635)
There are many Haskell books. I bought and read a couple dozen for HPFFP, there are more than that but many aren't meant to be end-to-end introductions to Haskell.

It would be surprising if it were otherwise given its origins and age.

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