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It's normal to hit some walls, usually from lack of/difficulty in finding the right kind of intro material. (For example, with all respect to my esteemed sibling poster, their advice is overcomplicated.) I encourage you to try again. Laziness can get in the way of I/O, especially in small interactive programs. And Haskell can be written incrementally, once you know a few tricks. We'll be happy to help with "useful program" tips in chat (http://matrix.to/#/#haskell:matrix.org).