Re:Letter to a Young Haskell Enthusiast
by tel on Friday August 01, 2014 @02:29PM
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While I know what you're getting at, I think of it as pretty accessible. It assumes a little familiarity with terminology, but since the goal is to use CT as a tool to "see" the structure of various mathematical objects it doesn't demand a whole lot of the reader in terms of background knowledge.
I suppose I should have begun by stating that CT is a new lens on the world and any reader interested in understanding it needs to have the, typically mathematics-derived, patience to really slow down and re-evaluate the way they view some friendly concepts. But I think even with that the "Socratic" rhetoric employed is helpful.
So, I totally agree but even if it's a bit off a waterfall it's not one that I feel too bad about encouraging people to jump off of.
I suppose I should have begun by stating that CT is a new lens on the world and any reader interested in understanding it needs to have the, typically mathematics-derived, patience to really slow down and re-evaluate the way they view some friendly concepts. But I think even with that the "Socratic" rhetoric employed is helpful.
So, I totally agree but even if it's a bit off a waterfall it's not one that I feel too bad about encouraging people to jump off of.