on differences in worldview between C/C++/Java and Haskell

[winterkoninkje]

Quoth Clifford Beshers:

As a test, ask your students to write down the definition of 'type'. I'll bet that their answers will be longer than 'set' and include some mention of bytes, words and big-endian. We were all trained to be mechanics instead of drivers, because all we had were go-carts.