I guess he finally returned his value? (I know... too soon, too soon.)
this is a moment at which you should try to elevate yourself over cheap gags for karma points on a bulletin board.
Paul Hudak, co-creator of Haskell, has died
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Re: Paul Hudak, co-creator of Haskell, has died
#22I guess he finally returned his value? (I know... too soon, too soon.)
He led an eagerly evaluated life.
Re: Paul Hudak, co-creator of Haskell, has died
#23The Haskell School of Expression is a beautiful book that I recommend to anyone that wants to learn Haskell, or to just appreciate functional programming. Also, I motion for a black bar.
In case a mod is reading this, I second that motion.
Re: Paul Hudak, co-creator of Haskell, has died
#24The Haskell School of Expression is a beautiful book that I recommend to anyone that wants to learn Haskell, or to just appreciate functional programming. Also, I motion for a black bar.
I agree, there ought to be a black bar.
Re: Paul Hudak, co-creator of Haskell, has died
#25Re: Paul Hudak, co-creator of Haskell, has died
#26I'm surprised his Wikipedia page is so sparse. Maybe now would be a good time for someone more knowledgable to expand it?
Re: Paul Hudak, co-creator of Haskell, has died
#27The Haskell School of Expression is a beautiful book that I recommend to anyone that wants to learn Haskell, or to just appreciate functional programming. Also, I motion for a black bar.
what is a 'black bar'?
Re: Paul Hudak, co-creator of Haskell, has died
#28I just restarted my investigation of Haskell yesterday. This is very sad news. Haskell is a beautiful language, and while I still struggle to write even basic programs in it I can tell that every time I solve an issue I'm having I am becoming a smarter programmer. He will be missed!
I started learning it on Tuesday, via learnyouahaskell.com. Half of what makes Haskell impenetrable to a non-Haskellite is the syntax, IMO; now that I'm starting to grok that, it really is quite wonderful. Very sad news indeed.
I dunno... I found actually solving problems in a functional way much harder than the syntax.
Re: Paul Hudak, co-creator of Haskell, has died
#29I just restarted my investigation of Haskell yesterday. This is very sad news. Haskell is a beautiful language, and while I still struggle to write even basic programs in it I can tell that every time I solve an issue I'm having I am becoming a smarter programmer. He will be missed!
I teach Haskell and I'm working on a book http://haskellbook.com/ with my coauthor. We've been testing with reviewers and it's been going pretty well. We've even been testing with my coauthor's 10 year old https://twitter.com/argumatronic/status/593845481140133888 :)
My guide for learning Haskell is here: https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell
You can get help in the IRC channel if you'd like as well. I don't recommend using LearnYouAHaskell.
I feel a bit bad as Hudak's books were the only ones I hadn't checked out before starting on my book. Rectifying that soon.
Re: Paul Hudak, co-creator of Haskell, has died
#30The Haskell School of Expression is a beautiful book that I recommend to anyone that wants to learn Haskell, or to just appreciate functional programming. Also, I motion for a black bar.
what is a 'black bar'?
Usually, it means adding a black bar to your website header with a message commemorating someone who has passed.