[Haskell-cafe] Re: Math questions

[Casey Hawthorne]

This is an effect with any language that offers a very high degree of
abstraction.

>
>I think this is an example of the "Haskell effect" (more typically
>seen on #haskell), which can be categorised as follows:
>
>1) Someone asks a (usually rather simple) question.
>
>2) People discuss this and provide several straightforward and relevant answers.
>
>3) Out of curiosity (and probably a fair dose of masochism) others
>then start to golf the solution into the most interesting approach
>possible.
>
>4) The person that asked the question initially gets lost (but is
>quite often awed at all the amazing stuff that's going on around them
>zooming past at light speed).
>
>5) People suddenly remember that there was an initial question and
>make an attempt to explain the more advanced solutions to the person
>that asked the question in the first place.
>
>6) They smile and nod and pretend they understand whilst putting a
>note onto their copious TODO list to someday sit down and try to work
>out wtf was going on.
>
>7) ???
>
>8) Profit!!!

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Regards,
Casey