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		seanmcdirmid on April 9, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Teaching Haskell to a 10 year old: Day 1 Programming in Haskell is as close to math as one can get in a general purpose programming language (theorem provers are more so, but not general purpose). You might just have a knack for it even without formal training.

coolsunglasses on April 9, 2015 [–]

>You might just have a knack for it even without formal training.

Nah, I've attempted some real math with a tutor, I'm quite bad at math and proofs :)

No skill or background needed with such things for Haskell.

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