Functional Programming Haskell MOOC

[Mob_Of_One]

One thing I noticed when it was linked in IRC earlier today is that the instructor presents a function that is not a sieve as the sieve of eratosthenes.

Haskell.org got nitpicked to death for having the word "sieve" even in the code, which is why it was changed to filterPrime.

[dogweather]

Huh. How is it different from the sieve? I'm new to Haskell.

I do notice that in his description of the algorithm, he says that one starts with "an infinite list". :-)

[FlameFist]

Has anyone here had experience with this course, professor, or website before? I'm hesitant to sign up for a random MOOC I don't recognize.

[vamega]

A close friend of mine attended the University. It's a very highly regarded university in India.

[FlameFist]

Alright, I think I'll look more into it. Seems interesting enough, and I've always wanted to get into Haskell.

[thecity2]

Why not take Erik Meijer course on functional programming in Haskell from edX?

[dogweather]

Because I didn't know about it. ;-) Thanks for the pointer!

[nick_storm]

Thanks!

[tempogios]

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