On 14-Dec-1998, John C. Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The old Hugs system implemented this new rule, rather by accident,
> so I think we can say that this new rule has been thoroughly "tested".
> My experience is that it is major pain in the ass, not an
> improvement.
By "The old Hugs system", do you mean Hugs 1.4?
I ran into this behaviour with Hugs 1.4 just a few hours ago,
on the code shown below, and I found it quite confusing.
randmax = foldl1 lcm [6, 8, 100]
...
main = do
rs <- randomIO (1, randmax)
...
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