[Haskell-cafe] Just curios

Andrew Coppin andrewcoppin at btinternet.com
Tue Jun 12 13:55:47 EDT 2007


Thomas Schilling wrote:
> On 6/11/07, Andrew Coppin <andrewcoppin at btinternet.com> wrote:
>>   "Of course, our biggest mistake was using the word 'monad'. We should
>> have called it 'warm fuzzy thing'..."
>
> You know that thing called "Google"? ;)
>
>  http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/92
>
> Among others.
>
I don't see any reference t-- oh, wait. Half way down the 20-mile page. 
I see it now. Simon (the PJ one) says

  "Our biggest mistake [in designing Haskell] was using the scary term 
'monad' rather than 'warm fuzzy thing'."

in Wearing the hair shirt: A retrospective on Haskell. And now I have a 
URL. >:-)



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