Real World Haskell
Real World Haskell by O'Sullivan, Goerzen and Stewartby O'Sullivan, Goerzen and Stewart
Shares rank 38 of 115 programming books by recommenders
Recommended as a practical Haskell book, often suggested as a next step after learning the basics. One comment notes it is nearly 20 years old.
Recommended as a practical Haskell book, often suggested as a next step after learning the basics. One comment notes it is nearly 20 years old.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Great book for learning Haskell
“was a great book, but it is nearly 20 years old.”
Comment from 18 Oct 2026 in “Real World Haskell, Modernized” Promising table of contents
“the table of contents looks promising”
Comment from 1 Nov 2025 in “GHC now runs in the browser” Suggested as next Haskell read
“Have you tried Real World Haskell?”
Comment from 1 Nov 2025 in “GHC now runs in the browser” “followed by Real World Haskell”
Comment from 2 Nov 2025 in “GHC now runs in the browser”
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| How to Design Programsby Felleisen, Findler, Flatt and Krishnamurthi | 18 | 2 | 90% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Real World Haskellby O'Sullivan, Goerzen and StewartThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
4 of the 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“was a great book, but it is nearly 20 years old.”
“followed by Real World Haskell”
“the table of contents looks promising”
“Have you tried Real World Haskell?”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.