[Haskell-beginners] Haskell and Category Theory

KC kc1956 at gmail.com
Sun Feb 10 18:58:18 CET 2013


Category Theory turns function like entities (e.g. procedures -
functions with side effects) into functions so that they can be
composed like mathematical functions.


On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 9:44 AM, Patrick Lynch <kmandpjlynch at verizon.net> wrote:
> Good morning,
> I've tried to read 5 books on Category Theory and finally have admitted
> defeat.
> What I'm looking for is simply a book that is geared to Haskell and Category
> that can be understood by mere mortals.
> I was trained as an Electrical Engineer, so my math is quite good, but I
> just don't get Category Theory from these books.
> If anyone can recomment a book on Category Theory and Haskell, written by a
> Computer Scientest [no more Mathematicians for me], I welcome it.
> Thanks,
> Patrick
>
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KC



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