On Thu, 2008-08-28 at 10:00 +0100, Adrian Hey wrote: > Lennart Augustsson wrote: > > I don't don't think global variables should be banned, I just think > > they should be severly discouraged. > > If you're saying a language should not provide a sound way to do > this (as I believe you are), then AFAICT for all practical purposes > you *are* saying you think global variables should be banned. > > Where are we going to be if the unsafePerformIO hack ever becomes > *really* unsafe? > > and.. > > > I'm certain you can write a kernel in Haskell where the only use of > > global variables is those that hardware interfacing forces you to use. > > But what you haven't explained is why this is even desirable? I don't > doubt it's true in an academic sense if you don't mind sacrificing > safety
What `safety' is being sacrificed? > and modularity. What modularity? jcc _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
