[Haskell-cafe] Re: ANN: #haskell-in-depth IRC channel

[Benjamin L.Russell]

On Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:15:48 +0000, Philippa Cowderoy
<flippa at flippac.org> wrote:

>[...]
>
>If you need to know how to use monads so you can do IO,
>#haskell-in-depth isn't the place. On the other hand, if you want to
>discuss how Haskell's monads compare to the category theory or what the
>category theory can tell us about how individual monads relate to the
>language as a whole, -in-depth is a good place! In particular, we're
>hoping that the kind of category theory discussions that give the
>mistaken impression you actually need to know CT will increasingly live
>in #haskell-in-depth.
>
>We're not after a theory channel though - architectural discussion,
>compiler implementation, possible type system extensions, library
>design, all are good subjects.

Great work!  I look forward to participating sometime in the near
future.

In that case, for people who need to know how to use monads so that
they can do IO, why not create a #haskell-beginners channel?  I have
occasionally read posts of some users who were hesitant to participate
in #haskell until they learned enough to keep up with the discussions
there.  If neither #haskell nor #haskell-in-depth is appropriate,
perhaps they would feel more comfortable in a
Haskell-beginners-specific channel?

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