Is Haskell challenging to learn?

Unlike many other languages, it is widely believed that Haskell has its own challenges for a beginner to learn and use it.

Factors contributing to the belief

What contributes to this perception?

• Belief: Haskell is not for average people^ᛦ
• Imperfect IDE support^ᛦ

Solutions to overcome the belief

• Social change: Boring Haskell^ᛦ
• Personal change: Growth Mindset
  • Graham Hutton: “My experience is that people need to be ‘ready’ to learn what a monad is. If they are ready, it’s not too difficult, but still requires quite a bit of effort - as with anything worthwhile.”

Discussions

• March, 2020: On Haskell and Onboarding