Re: [Haskell] ST vs State

2007-05-31 Thread David House
On 31/05/07, Dan Weston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I thought the types were *existentially* quantified because the constructor arguments were *universally* quantified. Or did I get it backwards? That'd be right, if the situation actually involved constructors. I.e., when people talk about exist

Re: [Haskell] ST vs State

2007-05-31 Thread Dan Weston
I thought the types were *existentially* quantified because the constructor arguments were *universally* quantified. Or did I get it backwards? Dan Wolfgang Jeltsch wrote: Am Mittwoch, 30. Mai 2007 14:09 schrieb Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH: On May 30, 2007, at 5:59 , Federico Squartini wrote:

Re: [Haskell] ANNOUNCE: Haskell Communities & Activities Report (12th ed., May 2007)

2007-05-31 Thread Taral
On 5/31/07, Simon Peyton-Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: And on behalf of the many, many contributors I'd like to thank the one and only Andres for his work in putting the HCAR together. It *is* a lot of work, but the HCAR is terrific glue for the Haskell community. It's always a blast read

RE: [Haskell] ANNOUNCE: Haskell Communities & Activities Report (12th ed., May 2007)

2007-05-31 Thread Simon Peyton-Jones
| On behalf of the many, many contributors, I am pleased to announce | that the | | Haskell Communities and Activities Report |(12th edition, May 2007) | | http://www.haskell.org/communities/ | | is now available from the Haskell Communities ho

Re: [Haskell] ST vs State

2007-05-31 Thread Wolfgang Jeltsch
Am Mittwoch, 30. Mai 2007 14:09 schrieb Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH: > On May 30, 2007, at 5:59 , Federico Squartini wrote: > > I suppose there is something "under the hood" which makes them > > different, but I cannot figure out what. > > For one thing, ST uses existential types to prevent values fro