they should make a version of the Haskell docs that you can read without a degree in abstract algebra

@kasdeya For the purposes of learning the language, I think https://haskell.mooc.fi does a great job. I'd otherwise also recommend "Learn You a Haskell for Great Good!", but the free reading website seems rather broken and I can't really recommend a $35 beginner book without seeing how one's learning habits match with it.

@kasdeya but then it would be empty /j

(also i literally have a degree in math and really like haskell, and my odds of some documentation actually being useful is still pretty dang iffy)

@fargate ooh thank you! I think that that book might be procurable in other ways, and it’s honestly great to have these resources

@liese omg I feel so validated then. at the moment I feel like I can kinda piece together maybe 5% of the Haskell docs lol it’s like they’re written in another language

@kasdeya like anything, exposure makes a big difference! you get used to it a little bit over time. but some things are *definitely* opaque in a way unique to them

@kasdeya I apologize on behalf of all my fellow Haskell programmers

@dregntael aw hehe - to be honest I feel like it’s okay for there to be a few languages that just get really nerdy and mathy. it’s frustrating for me as someone who was taught by school to hate math, but I bet for those who know a lot about advanced math it’s actually really comfy to have such a specific and concrete vocabulary to describe things