Learning multiple languages (question for general discussion)

[Diez B. Roggisch]

Paul Rubin wrote:
> "Diez B. Roggisch" <deets at nospam.web.de> writes:
> 
>>It's a great book - I cetainly owe it the better part of my thesis
>>about multi level specification for functional languages. If you want
>>to understand type-systems, its a great comprehensive read.
> 
> 
> So do I really want to understand type systems?  I mean, I think I
> understand Haskell types from reading the manual, but probably not at
> the level of that TAPL book.  Am I going to find out anything
> important as an implementer?  

I don't know what you want to understand - I never learned a language by 
a book, if it's that what you want to know

But to understand type systems in detail, compare them and know their 
limits will certainly make you a better programmer I guess - and 
especially in functional languages,as these are more or  less built 
around their type-systems.

Regards,

Diez