A few weeks ago, I was faced with a class of sceptical second years who'd never seen Haskell before. Last week, I graded their first coursework (a command line calculator plus various extensions) and it was, by and large, great.
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Getting a class from nothing to a small application, using technology I really care about, when they are sceptical, is massively rewarding.
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I say this because doing research, and passing on the cool stuff to highly motivated students, makes me very happy. And I reckon I learn as much from them as they do from me.
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I want to keep doing this (and at least I hope students want me to keep doing this!). Also, it's doing this that allows me to have fun hacking on Idris :).
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But I'm not going to be able to retire on the nice warm glow I get from student success. This is why I'm ranting about
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Anyway. Sorry about all the strike related ranting. We're back at work on Friday. I promise an exciting dependent types related tweet then to make up for my current grumpiness :).
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Replying to @edwinbrady
Honestly, I‘m happy you aren‘t silent about this. Greetings from the continent :)
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