[Haskell-beginners] First request for references

[Conrad Meyer]

On Saturday 10 January 2009 12:03:45 pm Alan Cameron wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I stumbled across Haskell while researching 'functional programming'.
> I have done some initial reading and have the following questions:
>
> 1. Are there any references to real-world applications using this language?
>
> I ask because most of the articles I have found seem to be of an extreme
> academic nature. I want to be sure that my time will not be wasted delving
> deeper.
>
> 2. Are there any tutorials with full code included which I can use on the
> HUGS system I have installed?
>
> I have found a few "A Gentle Introduction to Haskell 98" which assumes far
> too much previous knowledge to be immediately useful to me.
>
> Thanks for any replies.
>
> Alan Cameron

You might want to use GHC instead of HUGS, as it tends to be more 
feature-complete. For a tutorial to start with, how about "Yet Another 
Haskell Tutorial"?

Regards,
-- 
Conrad Meyer <konrad at tylerc.org>