[Haskell-beginners] Functors and Applicatives; I'm just not getting it ...

[Karl Voelker]

I suggest that you ignore applicatives for now and just focus on plain-old functors. They are the simplest part, and once you are confident in dealing with them, adding on applicatives will be much easier.

And, although it can be difficult when you are really lost, if you can ask some more specific questions, this list will provide plenty of answers.

-Karl

> On Oct 18, 2014, at 3:37 PM, Frank <frankdmartinez at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I've had a go at LYAH and CIS 194 and the Typeclassopedia and I just don't get get functors and applicatives. I'm simply not understanding them, what the various symbols/keywords mean, what they represent, how to think of them, etc. Nothing. Is there any kind of documented model I should be considering? Is there a "functors and applicatives for Dummies" I should read? Should I just give it up, not bother with Haskell and just stick to scheme/ruby/C++?
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