"R.S. Nikhil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote,
> Sisal researchers [...] deliberatly chose to avoid higher-order functions,
> polymorphism, laziness, etc.
In a first release, yes, but I believe higher-order functions were included in
Sisal 2.0, which was almost ready for shipping when the Sisal project was
abruptly terminated by LANL management.
>"R.S. Nikhil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote,
> Sisal researchers [...] deliberatly chose to avoid higher-order functions,
> polymorphism, laziness, etc.
In a first release, yes, but I believe higher-order functions were included in
Sisal 2.0, which was almost ready for shipping when the Sisal project was
abruptly terminated by LANL management.
>"R.S. Nikhil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote,
> Sisal researchers [...] deliberatly chose to avoid higher-order functions,
> polymorphism, laziness, etc.
In a first release, yes, but I believe higher-order functions were included in
Sisal 2.0, which was almost ready for shipping when the Sisal project was
abruptly terminated by LANL management.
>"R.S. Nikhil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote,
> Sisal researchers [...] deliberatly chose to avoid higher-order functions,
> polymorphism, laziness, etc.
In a first release, yes, but I believe higher-order functions were included in
Sisal 2.0, which was almost ready for shipping when the Sisal project was
abruptly terminated by LANL management.
>From what I understand, internal LANL politics, not internecine warfare within
the FP community, was the cause of the shutdown. LANL seems to be betting the
farm on C++ (PETE, POOMA). Personally I find the tecniques uased in PETE
interesting but they amount to pushing work that ought to be done by the
compiler (at least IMO) into the libraries and onto the library writers, which
uncharitable souls might call a cop-out.
-- O.L.
PS: Please no flames about the crap below. If I could avoid it, I would.
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