[Haskell-cafe] Why Haskell is beautiful to the novice

[Mike Meyer]

On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 11:23 AM Nicola Gigante <nicola.gigante at gmail.com>
wrote:

> That’s also why I don’t agree with the math curriculum in high-school
> (only elementary algebra, trigonometry and basic calculus, at least here
> in Italy).
> If a student doesn’t go to college or studies something non-scientific
> (or even some low-math science), he’ll never see an abstract
> mathematical concept (see e.g. groups) in all his lives, thus living
> forever by completely ignoring what math is all about.
> (and this is really connected with the record-low public trust in science
> that we are suffering).
>

Have you seen this?

https://www.maa.org/external_archive/devlin/LockhartsLament.pdf

It pretty much hits the nail on the head for most high school math
curricula.
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