If and when you think the MPTC (Multi-parameter type class) dilemma should be discussed, in particular with respect to our recent work on this problem [1], I would be glad if I can contribute.
Best regards, Carlos [1] Carlos Camarão, Rodrigo Ribeiro, Lucília Figueiredo, Cristiano Vasconcellos, SBLP'2009 (13th Brazilian Symp. on Prog. Languages), 2009. Available via www.dcc.ufmg.br/~camarao/CT/solution-to-mptc-dilemma.pdf > So that the Haskell 2011 cycle can get underway, we are soliciting > nominations for new committee members. Since this is the first time > we've done this, the procedure is still somewhat unsettled and things > may yet change, but the current guidelines are written down here: > > http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/haskell-prime/wiki/Committee > > In particular, on the makeup of the commitee: > > The committee should represent each class of stakeholders with > roughly equal weight. These classes are > > * Implementers (compiler/tool writers) > * Commercial users > * Non-commercial users (e.g. open source) > * Academic users (using Haskell in research) > * Teachers > * Authors > > In addition, members of the committee should be long-standing users > with a deep knowledge of Haskell, and preferably with experience of > language design. The committee should contain at least some members > with a comprehensive knowledge of the dark corners of the Haskell > language design, who can offer perspective and rationale for existing > choices and comment on the ramifications of making different choices. > > > To nominate someone (which may be yourself), send a message to > haskell-pr...@haskell.org. Please give reasons for your nomination. > > The current committee will appoint new commitee members and editors > starting in the new year, so the deadline for nominations is 31 December > 2009. > > During discussion amongst the current commitee, we realised that the > choice of committee should be informed not just by the criteria above, > but also by the particular proposals that are expected to be under > consideration during this cycle. With that in mind, we plan that > following the nominations the current committee will choose a "core > commitee" of up to 10 members, and further members may be appointed > during the year based on expertise needed to consider particular > proposals. Accordingly, now would be a good time to start discussing > which proposals should be considered in the Haskell 2011 timeframe, as > that may affect the choice of commitee members. > > More details on the current Haskell Prime process are here: > > http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/haskell-prime/wiki/Process > > > Cheers, > Simon > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-prime mailing list > Haskell-prime@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-prime > _______________________________________________ Haskell-prime mailing list Haskell-prime@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-prime