These Modern Programming Languages Will Make You Suffer (betterprogramming.pub) 3 points by itistricky 4y ago ↗ HN
[–] josephcsible 4y ago ↗ > It’s no secret that in order to use Haskell productively, one has to be well-versed in category theory first (I’m not kidding).No you don't.> Writing even a simple “hello world” program in Haskell requires understanding of Monads (IO Monads in particular).This is like saying you can't drive a car without understanding how an internal combustion engine works.
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> Writing even a simple “hello world” program in Haskell requires understanding of Monads (IO Monads in particular).
This is like saying you can't drive a car without understanding how an internal combustion engine works.