[General] Fwd: Re: Haskell Q&A + demo

[Jake McArthur]

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Subject: Re: [General] Haskell Q&A + demo
Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2011 21:44:24 -0600
From: Jake McArthur <jake.mcarthur at gmail.com>
To: Ethan Chew <spacefelix at gmail.com>

On 03/05/2011 09:28 PM, Ethan Chew wrote:
 > What level of programming is required? Can a complete novice join?

Novices are encouraged to come. I think the more diversity in the level 
of questions we have, the better. If somebody asks a basic question, 
more people can help. If somebody asks an advanced question, hopefully 
even the novices can get something out of it. If you're a novice but 
would still like to come, just be prepared to accept that you won't 
necessarily understand everything 100%. Let's just have fun!

I'd like to also encourage beginners to try some things out themselves 
before Thursday. This should allow you to at least ask higher quality 
and more focused questions. I don't want anybody to be afraid to ask 
questions that are clumsy or even way off base, but it's more fun and 
productive if at least the most off the wall ones are already out of the 
way. If you are an absolute beginner, I highly recommend 
<http://learnyouahaskell.com/>.

- Jake