At 8:08 PM 9/3/97, Patrick Logan wrote:
I am stretching my imperative brain cells to comprehend(!) monads, and
now their relationship to linear ("unique" in Clean) objects. I have
glanced at Philip Wadler's paper, but the semantics are impenetrable
to me at this point, and I am looking at the
I am stretching my imperative brain cells to comprehend(!) monads, and
now their relationship to linear ("unique" in Clean) objects. I have
glanced at Philip Wadler's paper, but the semantics are impenetrable
to me at this point, and I am looking at the issue from a more
"practical" point of view
In general laymen's terms, what are the performance and expressiveness
issues in comparing monads with linear objects?
You may want to glance at the latest version of `How to Declare an
Imperative' (Computing Surveys, to appear), which explicitly makes
this comparison. It's available via my
