What is Crockford's law?

Question

Someone referenced \"Crockford\'s law\" recently with respect to monads. Google shows very little in the way of results. Anyone know what it is?

Answer 1

Crockford conundrum - the inability of Haskell beginners to help other Haskell beginners to understand monads, before or after they understand it themselves; the phenomenon typically seen in Haskell beginners who have been trying to figure out how to print "Hello, world!". Occasionally offered up as proof of the futility of presenting Haskell beginners with a model of I/O relying on an abstract data type (A.D.T.) whose interface is based on one of the most abstract fields of mathematics. Sometimes given as one reason for teaching JavaScript in introductory courses instead of Haskell. Rumoured to be under consideration for inclusion to the Millennium problems by The Clay Institute of Mathematics.

Alternate names: Crockford complex, Crockford's law.