[Haskell-beginners] Haskell and Category Theory

Brent Yorgey byorgey at seas.upenn.edu
Mon Feb 11 06:07:46 CET 2013


On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 12:44:11PM -0500, Patrick Lynch wrote:
> Good morning,
> I've tried to read 5 books on Category Theory and finally have admitted defeat.
> What I'm looking for is simply a book that is geared to Haskell and Category that can be understood by mere mortals.
> I was trained as an Electrical Engineer, so my math is quite good, but I just don't get Category Theory from these books.
> If anyone can recomment a book on Category Theory and Haskell, written by a Computer Scientest [no more Mathematicians for me], I welcome it.
> Thanks,
> Patrick

Can you tell us which books you've tried to read?

-Brent



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