String != [Char]

[Johan Tibell]

On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 7:48 AM, Malcolm Wallace <malcolm.wallace at me.com> wrote:
>> In the region of this side of the Atlantic Ocean where I teach, the
>> student population is very diverse
>
> Prelude> putStrLn (take 5 "Fröhßen")
> Fröhß

ghci> putStrLn "Fro\x0308hßen"
Fröhßen
ghci> putStrLn (take 5 "Fro\x0308hßen")
Fröh

Your example works because your input happens to be in a normal form.

-- Johan