"Hans" == Hans Aberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Hans> At 14:15 97/08/12, Philip Wadler wrote:
>>> I think that Java might be slow, just because of this
>>> automatic garbage collection.
>> I can't let this chestnut go unchallenged. Let's not bandy
>> about claims witho
Is there a ``rationale'' document for Haskell 1.4 available somewhere?
I'm trying to figure out some things without having to bug the whole
mailing list
(such as why the Ix class needs Show and Ord, and why it contains range;
aren't the functions index and inRange enough?)
Nikhil
At 14:15 97/08/12, Philip Wadler wrote:
>> I think that Java might be slow, just because of this automatic garbage
>> collection.
>
>I can't let this chestnut go unchallenged. Let's not bandy about
>claims without evidence. GC is perfectly fine for building into phone
>switches (via Erlang) so
At 07:58 97/08/13, Andreas Doering wrote:
>> Computers (=RISC) are not microprogrammable, because it is slow; instead
>>one relies on better compilers.
>The microprogram is usually stored in a very fast RAM. Now let us have a
>look at a modern
>RISC architecture: it has a very fast RAM, namely th
> Computers (=RISC) are not microprogrammable, because it is slow; instead
>one relies on better compilers.
The microprogram is usually stored in a very fast RAM. Now let us have a look at a
modern
RISC architecture: it has a very fast RAM, namely the on-chip first level cache.
What is the dif
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