On Fri, 12 May 2006, Brian Hulley wrote:
> Udo Stenzel wrote:
> > I'd like one as a scripting environment, a bit like scsh, just strongly
> > typed and easier on the eyes. Haskell as interactive shell would be a
> > nightmare indeed, having to type 'system "foo"' instead of simply 'foo'
> > for everyday commands just won't cut it.
>
> This seems to be your only objection. It might be solvable by making some
> rule that an identifier that's used in a value position would be
> automatically bound to a function/value found by instantiating to a binary
> in the file system if it's not already bound, and there would need to be
> some rules about how binaries would work to cooperate with the Haskell type
> system.
What about the parameters - certainly there's little point in relieving me
of the bother of quoting a command name, if I have to quote each parameter?
Donn Cave, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
_______________________________________________
Haskell-Cafe mailing list
Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org
http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
