Regardless of what you think of stack, it has its place. I'd never have learned Haskell if stack hadn't made getting started simple.
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Yes you would have :)
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On my old computer I couldn't install haskell globally due to a combination of things, stack allowed local installs that got around issues.
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GHC can be installed locally without stack. Been doing it for 15 years.
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Right but I wouldn't have figured it out, my point is that beginners are deterred easily; I couldn't initially figure it out.
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I've been teaching beginners for * years. I'm certain stack has never helped anyone. It's easy to make the mistake of believing otherwise.
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Replying to @locallycompact @dibblego and
still waiting for a beginner to come to my FP course and successfully use Stack
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Replying to @dibblego @locallycompact and
beginners: "hey Stack doesn't work" me: "yeah sorry don't use it" Twitter: "how dare you!??" I'm laughing cause lol wat???
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If you want to know what helps beginners over come barriers to learning, definitely don't ask the beginners.
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