[Haskell-cafe] download haskell?

Don Stewart dons at galois.com
Mon Nov 10 14:01:32 EST 2008


waldmann:
> This is nit-picking, but ... when I go to haskell.org, there is a link
> (top in the left menu) "Download Haskell". Is this for readers who don't
> know the meaning of the word "implementation" (a few lines below)?
> Ah, it must be modelled after the perl.org start page... - J.W.
> 

Exactly. One less thing to learn. For a similar reason, we don't
motivate the language in terms of "higher-order, purely functional with
monadic effects", but instead  "rapid development of robust, concise,
correct software"

Keep things simple.

-- Don


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