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The Benefits of Learning Haskell

As developers, there is so much we can learn to improve our skills, ranging from deep theory, to small practical tidbits of information. It can be overwhelming at times and we are forced to pick what we want to learn deeply and what we just want to gloss over. You can’t learn it all!

My belief is that in terms of long term improvement, learning Haskell is one of the best ways to up your raw programming ability…

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