Embarassingly enough one of the primary reasons I had for learning Haskell was the usenet post "...and then theres Haskell" . I wondered if Haskell could really be that....different.
I first decided to learn haskell around December 2013 its now December 2016 and I think I've finally grasped it. To Haskell's credit this wasnt due to Haskell being difficult to learn; it was more to do with the lack of decent educational material. ...Until now
despite the controversy (see the racsim incident at lambdaconf 2015) , its still a great book and deserves attention, heres mine