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> parts of the 1000 page one that couple did like 6 years ago.

IMHO that book is bloated and overrated. Maybe it works for some people, but I find the explanations really weird and some of the exercises are just useless busywork without a point.

There are good parts in there (they do try to teach you how to properly think about types which is nice) but I really feel like you don't need to read 1000 pages to learn basic Haskell.




Fine. I also read Learn You a Haskell, the O'Reilly one and a myriad of other sources. In comparison, Python was a cake walk.


Oh I agree that Haskell is complicated to learn, I just happen to think that that book kinda makes it even worse.




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