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Re:Functional Programming 101 with Haskell by tdinkar on Thursday January 23, 2014 @11:53PM (#7113397)
Start with downloading the hydra.hs file I linked to in the end.

Haskell is not like ruby, it's a bit harder to define functions in the interpreter. It's easier to put them in a .hs file and then :load file.hs

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Re:Functional Programming 101 with Haskell by navbaker on Friday January 24, 2014 @12:00AM (#7113413)
Since this is a 101, you might want to put your Haskell setup URL and any file dependencies/explanations of Haskell's idiosyncrasies at the top of the tutorial. A 101 is aimed at people who don't know anything about the language and assuming knowledge is a good way to ensure folks get frustrated and never come back.
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