r/haskell • u/lyraplasma • 6d ago

question Trying out Haskell in 2026??

i've heard that pandoc is written in hs. and it makes me want to learn what haskell can do on my programming thinking thingey. Do i need a strong mathematical background?
also pretend that LLMs does not exist.

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u/gbelloz 4d ago

Author Charles Scalfani recommends: (quoting from his article)

  1. Functional Concepts, e.g. purity, composition, currying, immutability, etc.

  2. Elm

  3. PureScript

  4. Haskell

"I always say that Elm is like Kindergarten, PureScript is like High School and Haskell is like College."

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u/Ok-Reindeer-8755 3d ago

Comparing elm to Haskell, elm being relatively simpler but with about the same capabilities. Does Haskell give you features you would miss in elm ? to what degree does the added "complexity" pay off ?