Re:Paul Hudak, co-creator of Haskell, has died
by loup-vaillant on Thursday April 30, 2015 @10:13PM
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Haskell is very well suited to mathematically oriented minds. Such people, I believe would fare even better with Haskell than they would with Python.
Re:Paul Hudak, co-creator of Haskell, has died
by Enzolangellotti on Friday May 01, 2015 @07:00PM
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Thank you, I guess trying won't hurt, nobody has ever regretted learning anything after all. As for feeling discouraged, being stupid (in various degrees) is part of the learning process I believe. Couldn't say I'm learning anything otherwise.
I will try Haskell alongside Python to see how it goes.
If you don't mind feeling stupid, Haskell will be very well suited for you. :)
Re:Paul Hudak, co-creator of Haskell, has died
by Enzolangellotti on Wednesday May 06, 2015 @12:57AM
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Don't worry, I've been living with the feeling for a long time ;)
That said, I don't know that I'd recommend it to someone who has just started programming. I think that it'd be harder to appreciate it, since a lot of the rules that Haskell breaks / puts in place aren't things you've run into too often.
I'd recommend becoming at least relatively familiar with normal programming paradigms and then giving Haskell a go. It certainly deserves your time, but without proper appreciation of what exactly it does, I think its unforgiving nature could become discouraging.
edit: Of course, if you find normal paradigms boring / uninteresting, Haskell may be just the place for you. It's also really, really good for mathematic applications.