>
> This is, needless to say, something of a matter of opinion and historical
> interpretation. I wouldn't call LISP an FP language, though it is surely
> ancestral to many FP languages, and many FP concepts have their basis in
> LISP features.
Could you explain why Lisp isn't a FP language? I t
Jacques Lemire wrote:
> On the contrary, languages like C++ (and Java) and
> C# are full of concepts and ideas coming from FP
> languages. For example, the catch/try/throw construct
> is coming directly from Common Lisp (Lisp is a
> (although impure) FP language).
This is, needless to say, som
Mr Rawson wrote:
=
However, almost no one is even thinking about
FP. I think NGWS willbe the kiss of death for FP in the large -- OO
just seems 90 degrees out ofphase with FP.
=
On the contrary, languages like C++ (and Java) and C# are f
Does anyone know of any advanced books on Haskell? Or can anyone
recommend a good source of information on producing applications written
in Haskell?
I am a third year undergraduate student at Leicester University, and am
aiming to use haskell, combined with the Haskell-Tk binding developed by
Ei
I think most C++ programmers realize C++ for what it is, a poorly designed
portable object oriented assembler language. Most C++ programmers use C++
because they program for windows and COM, and the only other real choices of
development environments are VB and Delphi (which I do not know anything
Dear haskellers,
I suggest the two points to your attention.
New basAlgPropos
materials reside in
http://www.botik.ru/pub/local/Mechveliani/basAlgPropos
/haskellInCA.ps.zip
/bal-
Shin-Cheng Mu wrote:
| Undoubtedly you can write your own monad and encapsulate
| the random number generation yourself. It is just an
| instance of a state monad.
A state monad has (like you say) the disadvantage that it is
single threaded. A big problem then is laziness; it becomes
impossi
Hello,
Undoubtedly you can write your own monad and encapsulate
the random number generation yourself. It is just an
instance of a state monad.
Nevertheless, the problem of using state monads for random number
generation is that the code must be single-threaded, which is
sometimes too restric
Fergus Henderson wrote:
>
> On 14-Aug-2000, Benjamin Leon Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Ah, a testable hypothesis! If you are right, then you should be able to
> > provide an example of a language that meets the requirements of writing
> > both low-level kernel code and most user ap
On 14-Aug-2000, Benjamin Leon Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Tyson Dowd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I don't believe you can teach programmers anything by
> > trying to take
> > tools away from them.
> >
> > I believe you can only teach programmers by showing them
> > a better tool.
>
>
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