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Right but the point of the book is to ease learners into the language (and teach core concepts), and not throw them into the deep end of it.

Also, I'll update the text about kinds when GHC will use Type instead of * everywhere:

$ ghci

GHCi, version 9.2.2: https://www.haskell.org/ghc/ :? for help

λ> :k (,)

(,) :: * -> * -> *

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Not critiquing, I was giving a stream of consciousness while reading. I enjoyed it

Until we get Type by default the best we can do is enable NoStarIsType

Thank you. I'm glad you're enjoying it. Sorry if I sounded a bit aggressive here.

I think one of the cool things about Haskell is that there's quite a high ceiling in terms of solutions you can reach for. On many occasions when one get annoyed by something and thinks "there must be a better way", there is one.

You show how one with more knowledge and command of the language can make it do a lot of things for free, and that is very cool! But I can also see how these solutions can look a bit intimidating for people with less experience, and it's important to take this into account as well.

This is kind of a double edged sword. Gotta find the right balance.

I didn't take it as aggressive. I hope people who are curious get something out of my comment but without intimidating others, perhaps I write it as a bonus that people can ignore if it doesn't help but you are right that some people could be put off by it.

Sounds like a generally reasonable approach to me.

I'm using this for my 10th? shot at diving into Haskell. I'd certainly appreciate bonus material on emerging best standards that is just starred and put into an appendix.

On the "where to go next?" appendix there's a link to my Haskell study plan[0] which has links to a bunch of extra material.

[0]: https://github.com/soupi/haskell-study-plan

Perfect! Thanks!

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