On 21 May 2004 01:07, John Sharley wrote: > I note this remark on the Microsoft Research site > (http://research.microsoft.com/projects/ilx/fsharp.aspx) > <quote> > Purely functional languages like Haskell are excellent within certain > niches, but unfortunately some simple programming exercises can > quickly turn into problems that require a PhD. to solve. > </quote> > > Are the Microsoft Research people working on GHC or anyone else on > this list also of this opinion? If so, why? > > What if anything does the quoted remark mean for the prospects of > seeing a production Haskell compiler from Microsoft?
It's possible that the remark is referring to the use of monads to do IO in Haskell, but I wouldn't read too much into it. Cheers, Simon _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users