Category Archives: Development

I do not find tasteful or nice to have to use needy IDEs like Visual Studio. I like to use Notepad for programming. Visual Studio is very demanding when it comes to resources like CPU, Memory, Hard Disk, Operating System … Continue reading →

Today (2017-12-04) Google published a doodle that has to do with programming for kids. Although this is the way kids should learn how to program, the doodle is incredibly difficult and should address only seasoned programmers. The way kids should … Continue reading →

In this blog post, I will teach you how to count in any numbering system. I have also created a program that counts in any numbering system and I will show you this program in the second part of this … Continue reading →

The unit of information is the bit. It takes only one binary digit, either the value 0 or the value 1. A byte is comprised of 8 bits. People created the byte as an ordered set of 8 bits. And … Continue reading →

Code reuse can happen in two levels, one simple and one advanced. At the simple level, you create a function and you use that function instead of copying and pasting. At the advanced level, in OOP you use inheritance, whereas … Continue reading →

On the Stack Overflow site, I found a great question titled Monads vs. Arrows. Essentially the OP (original poster) asks: “… When should I use monads and when should I use arrows?”. I answered the question and since I believe … Continue reading →

Let M be a Type Constructor, Functor, and Monad. As a Type Constructor, M can map a type a to the type M a. As a Functor, M can also map a function f to the function M f, using … Continue reading →

Question: Function application and composition versus bind (>>=) Answer: For the following discussion, a, b, and c are built in Haskell data types. We use normal function composition when we compose a function a -> b with a function b … Continue reading →

Parsec is a free, industrial strength, monadic parser combinator library for Haskell, by Daan Leijen. You can find the users guide in the Parsec documentation. In this blog post, I am going to list the examples that Daan Leijen includes … Continue reading →

In previous posts concerning Haskell, I have talked a lot about Monads. The monadic concept is one of the most important topics in Haskell. It is one of its cornerstones. It is what makes Haskell excel. It is what makes … Continue reading →