People have been admitting to using Haskell like that for quite a while now. I think it's an excellent use of Haskell as a DSEL host.
-- Lennart On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 12:40 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > G'day all. > > Quoting Tom Hawkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Actually, Haskell is an excellent language for hard real-time >> applications. At Eaton we're using it for automotive powertrain >> control. Of course, the RTS is not running in the loop. Instead, we >> write in a DSL, which generates C code for our vehicle ECU. > > Bingo! And thanks for someone for admitting that they do this. :-) > "Hard real-time applications" is a huge area, and not all of the code > that you write is code that ends up running on the target. > > Generally, in DSL/MDD-style development, not very much of the code that > you write ends up running on the target. In some cases, _none_ of the > code you write ends up running on the target. Haskell is almost ideal > for tasks like this. > > Cheers, > Andrew Bromage > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
