On Fri, Apr 04, 2008 at 12:34:54PM +0100, Neil Mitchell wrote: > > length, take, drop and index working on machine-sized Ints by default > > are really a bit of a wart, aren't they? > > Yes. Also, having strict Int's by default is a bit ugly, in an > otherwise lazy-by-default language. It's a place where Haskell decided > to remove mathematical elegance for pragmatic speed... > > (Not that it isn't a worthwhile trade off, but it is still loosing > something to gain something else)
Personally, I like Ints. -- David Roundy Department of Physics Oregon State University _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
