Re: [Haskell-cafe] Re: US Patent for the idea ...

2010-04-17 Thread Murray Gross
eally doesn't reflect on the poor service we are currently receiving from the entire patent system--I would like to think that the examiner knew perfectly well that this patent was not serious and was willing to play along. Murray Gross ___ Ha

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Re: parallel and distributed haskell?

2009-12-18 Thread Murray Gross
Please note: We have a version of GUM in which PVM has been replaced by direct network communication. However, this project has been idle since the appearance of GHC-6, and I have not been able to get a binary of the parallel version (which is based on GHC-5) to compile itself. Murray Gross

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Maybe a compiler bug?

2009-01-06 Thread Murray Gross
sion of GHC, it probably isn't worth too much more attention, although I'll keep a wary eye open. Thanks to all for attention. Best, Murray Gross ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Maybe a compiler bug?

2009-01-06 Thread Murray Gross
both "fail" and "goOn." Were circumstances different, I might suspect that laziness and optimization had something to do with this. However, earlier tests showed inconsistency between the result of the test in gTst3 and the code where the value of gTst3 is used. A copy of the curre

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Maybe a compiler bug?

2009-01-06 Thread Murray Gross
use trial and error to find an alternate writing of code that is legal and correct (regardless of the aesthetics) but is incorrectly compiled. For the time being, I will use native compilation and hope that someone can find and fix the error so that I can use the speed advantage of optimization.

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Maybe a compiler bug?

2009-01-05 Thread Murray Gross
No unsafe perform (except what may be hidden in trace), nothing, fancy, no gimmicks (very pedestrian, even heavy-handed) code. Complete code is attached (I don't have smaller snippets, because I just discovered the problem). Best, Murray Gross On Mon, 5 Jan 2009, Luke Palmer

[Haskell-cafe] Maybe a compiler bug?

2009-01-05 Thread Murray Gross
ly the native code generator (without optimization), the correct value (False) is returned. Further detail and complete code on request. Best, Murray Gross ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/li

[Haskell-cafe] Source of 16x16 Sudokus?

2008-10-02 Thread Murray Gross
t the results . . . . Thanks in advance, Murray Gross Brooklyn College ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Parallel weirdness

2008-04-19 Thread Murray Gross
could also easily cause the first run to be considerably slower than subsequent runs made immediately after the first). Murray Gross Brooklyn College On Sat, 19 Apr 2008, Andrew Coppin wrote: OK, so just for fun, I decided to try implementing a parallel merge sort using the seq and par c

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Distributed haskell using Hadoop

2007-10-16 Thread Murray Gross
At Brooklyn College we have been running distributed Haskell (release 5, though) under Linux/Mosic for several years. There are some problems, but we think they are well under control. Murray Gross Brooklyn College, City University of New York On Tue, 16 Oct 2007, Brad Clow wrote: I

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Sudoku Solver

2007-08-07 Thread Murray Gross
Yes, by 25x25 puzzles I mean sudoku puzzles with 25 cells on each side, with the smaller squares being 5x5 (i.e., we need to construct rows with the numbers 1-25, and the smaller squares must each contain all of the numbers 1-25). Murray Gross Brooklyn College On Tue, 7 Aug 2007, Hugh

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Sudoku Solver

2007-08-07 Thread Murray Gross
m a puzzle solver. The parallel work will be done on our parallel version of release 5 Haskell. Murray Gross Brooklyn College On Tue, 7 Aug 2007, Donald Bruce Stewart wrote: hughperkins: On 8/7/07, Donald Bruce Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: See also, [2]ht

Re: [Haskell-cafe] TFP 2007: Registration and Program

2007-02-22 Thread Murray Gross
umption is available for those that require it (like myself) and that conference attendees know this in advance. A much better solution to the problem would be to break the stone, and move the conference dates back or forward by a few days if this is at all possible. Mu

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Haskell Side Effect

2006-12-20 Thread Murray Gross
On Wed, 20 Dec 2006, Bryan Burgers wrote: On 12/20/06, Jason Dagit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Am I the only one that doesn't get it? Jason But your question on it clearly implies that you did get it. Murray Gross ___ Haskell-C

Re: [Haskell-cafe] best Linux for GHC?

2006-11-13 Thread Murray Gross
t usually goes fine without any problems, although now and again, a bit of tinkering is necessary. Murray Gross ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Is Haskell a 5GL?

2006-09-26 Thread Murray Gross
The official name of the assembler for 360/370 was BAL (basic assembly language). I wrote code in it back in prehistoric times . Murray Gross Brooklyn College On Mon, 25 Sep 2006, Jerzy Karczmarczuk wrote: Alex Queiroz wrote: On 9/25/06, Ch. A. Herrmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Re: First steps in Haskell

2006-01-22 Thread Murray Gross
t the answers can't be copied . . . :)> ). Last, you should note that Thompson, like just about everything else on the subject, is far from complete--there is all sorts of other "stuff" that you will pick up from the available Haskell system documentation, but that can wait un

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Please explain behavior of setBit

2005-11-12 Thread Murray Gross
it string. I have checked that this is in fact what is happening. The (now solved) problem is obscure documentation. Thank you. Murray Gross ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe

[Haskell-cafe] Please explain behavior of setBit

2005-11-12 Thread Murray Gross
of x (I have tried several), although in each case, the bit I expect to be set is also set (e.g., mybit 4 yields 17). Thanks in advance for assistance. Murray Gross ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/lis

Re: [Haskell-cafe] NewBinary: What is the license?

2005-10-08 Thread Murray Gross
ce potential customers to cough up your price (see, e.g., RedHat, Suse, Mandriva, Mysql, etc.)? > I'm afraid I just wasted a few days of work then :-(. > Only if you have misunderstood the GPL. Best of luck in your endeavor, Murray Gross __