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-*   [Try Haskell in your browser](http://tryhaskell.org) (slow, bare-bones) <!-- other websites listed at https://wiki.haskell.org/Learning_Haskell#Trying_Haskell_online -->
+*   [Try Haskell in your browser](http://tryhaskell.org) (slow, bare-bones) <!-- similar websites listed at https://wiki.haskell.org/Learning_Haskell#Trying_Haskell_online -->
 *   This site's guide to [[Installing Haskell|/installing#haskell]]
 
 <!-- -->
+*   [What is Haskell?](https://wiki.haskell.org/Introduction) and
+[Why Haskell matters](https://wiki.haskell.org/Why_Haskell_matters) <!-- <http://learnyouahaskell.com/introduction#so-whats-haskell> <http://scienceblogs.com/goodmath/2006/11/26/why-haskell/> <http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2007/05/21/an-introduction-to-haskell---part-1-why-haskell.html> -->
 *   [Learn Haskell in 10 minutes](https://wiki.haskell.org/Learn_Haskell_in_10_minutes)
-*   Haskell Wiki's [Introduction and explanation of Haskell](https://wiki.haskell.org/Introduction)
-*   [Haskell FAQ](https://wiki.haskell.org/FAQ)
+*   [A brief introduction to Haskell](https://wiki.haskell.org/A_brief_introduction_to_Haskell) <!-- sister article to: http://www.cs.jhu.edu/~scott/pl/lectures/caml-intro.html -->
+*   [Quick Reference](https://wiki.haskell.org/Reference_card) | [Cheat Sheet](http://cheatsheet.codeslower.com/CheatSheet.pdf)
+*   [Tour of the Haskell Syntax](https://web.archive.org/web/20100529023840/http://cs.anu.edu.au/student/comp1100/haskell/tourofsyntax.html)
+*   [Walla Walla Overview](http://cs.wallawalla.edu/research/KU/PR/Haskell.html) (18 pp.) <!-- <http://cs.wallawalla.edu/research/KU/PR/Scheme.html> <http://cs.wallawalla.edu/research/KU/PR/SML.html> -->
 *   Wikipedia on
-[Haskell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haskell_%28programming_language%29) |
+[Haskell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haskell_%28programming_language%29) and
 [GHC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Haskell_Compiler)
 <!-- [Haskell Wiki's Getting Started](https://wiki.haskell.org/Haskell_in_5_steps) -->
 
+
 <!-- -->
 *   [Haskell Wiki](https://wiki.haskell.org), with a link to download the [Haskell Platform](https://www.haskell.org/platform/contents.html)
 *   [New Haskell Wiki](https://new-www.haskell.org)
-
-### For people who are new to programming ###
-
-*   [The Haskell Wikibook](https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Haskell) <!--
-    Beginners track assumes no programming background. Supposed to include adaptations of:
-    [Yet Another Haskell Tutorial](https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Yet_Another_Haskell_Tutorial/Preamble) (YAHT)
-      <http://hal3.name/docs/daume02yaht.pdf>
-      <https://web.archive.org/web/20060717023859/http://www.isi.edu/~hdaume/htut/tutorial.pdf>
-    [All about Monads](http://monads.haskell.cz/html/index.html)
-      <https://wiki.haskell.org/All_About_Monads>
-    [Write Yourself a Scheme in 48 Hours](http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Write_Yourself_a_Scheme_in_48_Hours)
-    -->
-*   [More Tutorials](https://wiki.haskell.org/Tutorials)
-
-### For experienced programmers ###
-
-*   [A brief introduction to Haskell](https://wiki.haskell.org/A_brief_introduction_to_Haskell) <!— sister article to: http://www.cs.jhu.edu/~scott/pl/lectures/caml-intro.html —>
-*   CIS 194 at Penn?
-*   [Learn You a Haskell for Great Good](http://learnyouahaskell.com/chapters) (textbook)
-
-*   [Haskell Tutorial for C Programmers](https://wiki.haskell.org/Haskell_Tutorial_for_C_Programmers)
-*   [How to read Haskell](https://wiki.haskell.org/How_to_read_Haskell)
-*   [Hitchhiker's guide to Haskell](https://wiki.haskell.org/Hitchhikers_guide_to_Haskell)
-*   A Not-So-[Gentle Introduction to Haskell](https://www.haskell.org/tutorial) (from 2000, expects some prior knowledge of functional programming)
-
-*   [Real World Haskell](http://book.realworldhaskell.org/read) (textbook from 2008, expects you've already mastered the fundamentals of Haskell)
+*   [Haskell FAQ](https://wiki.haskell.org/FAQ)
 
 
-<!-~
-* Wadler, [Monads for functional programming](http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/wadler/papers/marktoberdorf/baastad.pdf)
+## Tutorials ##
 
-You don't mind Haskell syntax, but aren't yet comfortable with do-notation / monads:
-[You could have invented monads! (and maybe you already have!)](http://sigfpe.blogspot.com/2006/08/you-could-have-invented-monads-and.html)
-[Understanding Haskell Monads](http://web.archive.org/web/20120626020258/http://ertes.de/articles/monads.html)
+*   Lecture notes from a good [Intro to Haskell course](http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~cis194/fall14/lectures.html) at Penn
+*   [The Haskell Wikibook](https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Haskell)
+*   [Learn You a Haskell for Great Good](http://learnyouahaskell.com/chapters) (400 pp. illustrated and highly-praised text from 2011)
+*   [Yet Another Haskell Tutorial](https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Yet_Another_Haskell_Tutorial/Preamble) (YAHT, also as 192 pp. [pdf](http://hal3.name/docs/daume02yaht.pdf)) <!-- also at <https://web.archive.org/web/20060717023859/http://www.isi.edu/~hdaume/htut/tutorial.pdf> -->
 
-Metaphors and analogies:
-[Understanding monads](http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Haskell/Understanding_monads)
-[Monads as containers](http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Monads_as_containers)
 
-Making monads nest:
-[Monad Transformers Step by Step](http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~wh5a/personal/Transformers.pdf)
-[Grok Haskell Monad Transformers](http://sigfpe.blogspot.com/2006/05/grok-haskell-monad-transformers.html)
+### More tutorials, mostly aimed at existing programmers ###
 
-Links to Category Theory:
-[The Haskell Programmer's Guide to the IO Monad](http://doc.utwente.nl/53411/1/00000154.pdf)
+*   A Not-So-[Gentle Introduction to Haskell](https://www.haskell.org/tutorial) (64 pp. tutorial from 2000, expects some prior knowledge of functional programming)
+*   [Haskell Tutorial for C Programmers](https://wiki.haskell.org/Haskell_Tutorial_for_C_Programmers) (45 pp.)
+*   [How to read Haskell](https://wiki.haskell.org/How_to_read_Haskell)
+*   [Hitchhiker's guide to Haskell](https://wiki.haskell.org/Hitchhikers_guide_to_Haskell) (33 pp.)
+*   [Write Yourself a Scheme in 48 Hours](http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Write_Yourself_a_Scheme_in_48_Hours)
+*   Comprehensive List at [Haskell Wiki](https://wiki.haskell.org/Tutorials)
 
-* [Quick Introduction to IO](https://wiki.haskell.org/Introduction_to_IO)
-* [Tackling the awkward squad](http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/simonpj/papers/marktoberdorf/mark.pdf): monadic I/O, concurrency, exceptions, and FFI in Haskell
-* [IO inside](https://wiki.haskell.org/IO_inside)
-* [A tour of the Haskell Monad functions](http://members.chello.nl/hjgtuyl/tourdemonad.html)
-* [What the hell are monads?](https://web.archive.org/web/20040404212440/http://www.abercrombiegroup.co.uk/~noel/research/monads.html)
 
-~->
+### Other ###
+*   [Lambda Lessons](http://stevekrouse.github.io/hs.js), experiment with evaluating `map` and `fold` step-by-step
+*   [A Tour of the Haskell Prelude](http://www.letu.edu/people/jaytevis/Programming-Languages/Haskell/tourofprelude.html)
+*   [Haskell for OCaml Programmers](http://science.raphael.poss.name/haskell-for-ocaml-programmers.pdf)
+*   [ML Dialects and Haskell](http://hyperpolyglot.org/ml)
+*   [Differences between Haskell and SML?](http://www.quora.com/What-are-the-key-differences-between-Haskell-and-Standard-ML?browse)
 
 
-### More Advanced Docs ###
+## Advanced Docs, listed here for reference ##
 
 *   GHC User's Guide from
 [Haskell Platform](https://www.haskell.org/platform/doc/2014.2.0.0/ghc/users_guide) | 
-[latest](https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/latest/docs/html/users_guide)
+[latest](https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/latest/docs/html/users_guide), including
+[Using GHCi](https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/latest/docs/html/users_guide/ghci.html) and
+[Extensions](https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/latest/docs/html/users_guide/ghc-language-features.html)
 *   Libraries from
 [Haskell Platform](https://www.haskell.org/platform/doc/2014.2.0.0/platform/doc) |
 [Haskell 2010](https://www.haskell.org/onlinereport/haskell2010/haskellpa2.html) <!--
@@ -85,25 +66,32 @@ Links to Category Theory:
 *   Formal language specs:
 [Haskell 98](https://www.haskell.org/onlinereport) |
 [Haskell 2010](https://www.haskell.org/onlinereport/haskell2010) |
-[Haskell'](https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/haskell-prime)
-*   [What I Wish I Knew When Learning Haskell](http://dev.stephendiehl.com/hask)
+[Haskell&prime;](https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/haskell-prime)
 *   [Cabal](https://wiki.haskell.org/Cabal) package manager:
 [User Guide](https://www.haskell.org/cabal/users-guide) |
-[command-line tool](https://wiki.haskell.org/Cabal-Install) |
-[installing Cabal packages](https://wiki.haskell.org/Cabal/How_to_install_a_Cabal_package) |
+[tool usage](https://wiki.haskell.org/Cabal-Install) |
+[installing packages](https://wiki.haskell.org/Cabal/How_to_install_a_Cabal_package) |
 [cabal-setup](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cabal-setup) |
-help with [problems](https://wiki.haskell.org/Cabal/Survival)
+[help](https://wiki.haskell.org/Cabal/Survival)
 [FAQ1](https://wiki.haskell.org/Cabal/FAQ)
 [FAQ2](https://www.haskell.org/cabal/FAQ.html) |
-[writing Haskell programs](https://wiki.haskell.org/How_to_write_a_Haskell_program)
-*   [Hackage](https://hackage.haskell.org) package database
-*   Haskell API Search: [Hoogle](https://www.haskell.org/hoogle) | [Hayoo](http://hayoo.fh-wedel.de)
+[writing programs](https://wiki.haskell.org/How_to_write_a_Haskell_program)
+*   [Hackage](https://hackage.haskell.org) package repository
+*   <form action="https://www.haskell.org/hoogle/" method="get">
+Haskell API Search:
+<a href="http://haskell.org/hoogle/">Hoogle</a> <input name="hoogle" type="text" /> |
+[Hayoo](http://hayoo.fh-wedel.de)
+</form>
 *   [Haddock](https://www.haskell.org/haddock) documentation generator:
 User Guide from [Haskell Platform](https://www.haskell.org/platform/doc/2014.2.0.0/ghc/haddock/index.html) |
 [latest](https://www.haskell.org/haddock/doc/html) |
 [FAQ](https://wiki.haskell.org/Haddock/FAQ)
 
 <!-- -->
+*   [What I Wish I Knew When Learning Haskell](http://dev.stephendiehl.com/hask) (300 pp. website)
+*   [Haskell idioms](https://wiki.haskell.org/Blow_your_mind)
+*   Haskell Wiki [Glossary](https://wiki.haskell.org/Category:Glossary)
 *   [Reddit's r/haskell](https://www.reddit.com/r/haskell)
 *   [Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/haskell?sort=faq) questions tagged "haskell"
+*   [Real World Haskell](http://book.realworldhaskell.org/read) (714 pp. text from 2008, expects you've already mastered the fundamentals of Haskell)
 *   [GHC Developer Wiki](https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc)