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1. gtaniApr 2012
   Haskell is very fun, and well tutorialized now (2nd half of Thompson book is very good tutorial(2nd ed, $5), there are small speed bumps:

   I needed a little better glossary than book provides for "invariant", "witness", other terms folks sling around. It took me a while to figure out hoogle, and I needed to ignore blog posts about bijective vs surjective functions and category theory as a beginner. Also the ghc instance extensions are probably the most thinly documented corner:

       TypeSynonymInstances, -XUndecidableInstances, Flexible, Overlapping, etc

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2. gtaniSep 2011
   http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Tutorials

   http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Category:Tutorials

   http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Learning_Haskell

   Also, Simon Thompson's book should be updated in October, and should be good

   http://www.amazon.com/Haskell-Functional-Programming-Interna...

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3. broomhallJan 2024
   Yet another alumni. UKC also had the lecturer who wrote the text book for functional programming - Simon Thompson - Haskell The Craft of Functional Programming (I think!). It was used at other unis including Durham.

   Incidentally, I now live nearer to Holy Island with it's disappearing causeway, which is mentioned elsewhere in the thread. Would definitely recommend a visit as it can be stunning in the right weather.

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4. nabla9Jan 2019
   I have no idea.

   I have only read Thompson's Haskell: The Craft of Functional Programming and some old ML books I can't name. I have no idea if it's a good compared to other FP books.

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5. leonroyJan 2016
   Bookmarked this page in the hopes of revisiting it once I'm done reading Haskell by Simon Thompson. Admittedly I've had the book on my shelf for 10 years but still...

   I wouldn't be surprised if many have bookmarked this series of articles. Haskell is one of the most intriguing and enjoyable languages I've had the pleasure of coding in. It really ought to be a required course in every compsci course IMHO.

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