Explain Type Classes in Haskell

Question

I am a C++ / Java programmer and the main paradigm I happen to use in everyday programming is OOP. In some thread I read a comment that Type classes are more intuitive in na

Answer 1

A type class can be compared to the concept of 'implementing' an interface. If some data type in Haskell implements the "Show" interface, it can be used with all functions that expect a "Show" object.