Quoth Bill Atkins <watk...@alum.rpi.edu>, > No, not really. Linked lists are very easy to deal with recursively and > Strings automatically work with any already-defined list functions.
Yes, they're great - a terrible mistake, for a practical programming language, but if you fail to recognize the attraction, you miss some of the historical lesson on emphasizing elegance and correctness over practical performance. Donn Cave, d...@avvanta.com _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe