> On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 03:45, John Sharley wrote:
> > Noting Hudak's remark in the conclusion of "Modular Domain Specific
> > Languages and Tools"
> > http://www.cs.chalmers.se/Cs/Grundutb/Kurser/afp/Papers/dsel-hudak.ps
> > that Haskell lacked an effecti
Noting Hudak's remark in the conclusion of "Modular Domain Specific
Languages and Tools"
http://www.cs.chalmers.se/Cs/Grundutb/Kurser/afp/Papers/dsel-hudak.ps
that Haskell lacked an effective partial evaluator, and remarks prior to but
on the same page as the conclusion that such a thing is very im
I note this remark on the Microsoft Research site
(http://research.microsoft.com/projects/ilx/fsharp.aspx)
Purely functional languages like Haskell are excellent within certain
niches, but unfortunately some simple programming exercises can quickly turn
into problems that require a PhD. to solve.