Re: [Haskell-cafe] What ever happened to Haskell 98 as a "stable branch"?

2007-03-26 Thread Gen Zhang
On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:20:59 +0100 Simon Peyton-Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | [Conjecture 1 (2007). Haskell Mathematical Prelude and > Mathematicians] If | Haskell had a mathematically sound prelude then > more mathematicians would | use Haskell. > > A mathematically sound Prelude would be

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Re: Maybe and partial functions

2007-03-13 Thread Gen Zhang
On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:17:05 + "Neil Mitchell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > > -- There are no pattern-matching failures here. > > -- The totality is harder to see: all digits are roughly of the > > same range, -- but each recursive call increments base. Eventually, > > base becomes big

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Maybe and partial functions

2007-03-12 Thread Gen Zhang
On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:37:43 + "Neil Mitchell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Catch also checks division by zero, explicit patterns etc. To see the > world of pain you would be in if you go down the "make everything > total" route, I suggest you try rewriting this program to be complete: > > ht