Brent Yorgey wrote:
> Nevertheless, length is a function you should rarely use.
>
Amen.
(I believe the Wiki mentions this concept somewhere... Maybe we should
rename it unsafeLength? No, OK, how about... um... slowLength?)
It isn't actually slow... how about
beSureYouReallyWantIntBeforeUsingThisLength? =)
O RLY?
> length [1..]
Takes almost *forever* on my machine. ;-)
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