Re: [Haskell-cafe] Functional vs Imperative

2005-09-15 Thread John Meacham
On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 12:44:02AM +0200, Sebastian Sylvan wrote: > On 9/16/05, John Meacham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 09:38:35PM +0400, Bulat Ziganshin wrote: > > > Hello Dhaemon, > > > > > > Tuesday, September 13, 2005, 5:45:52 PM, you wrote: > > > > > > D> everywhere

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Functional vs Imperative

2005-09-15 Thread Sebastian Sylvan
On 9/16/05, John Meacham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 09:38:35PM +0400, Bulat Ziganshin wrote: > > Hello Dhaemon, > > > > Tuesday, September 13, 2005, 5:45:52 PM, you wrote: > > > > D> everywhere... Why use a function language if you use it as an imperative > > D> one?(i.e.

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Functional vs Imperative

2005-09-15 Thread John Meacham
On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 09:38:35PM +0400, Bulat Ziganshin wrote: > Hello Dhaemon, > > Tuesday, September 13, 2005, 5:45:52 PM, you wrote: > > D> everywhere... Why use a function language if you use it as an imperative > D> one?(i.e. most of the apps in http://haskell.org/practice.html) > > becau

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Functional vs Imperative

2005-09-15 Thread Bulat Ziganshin
Hello Dhaemon, Tuesday, September 13, 2005, 5:45:52 PM, you wrote: D> everywhere... Why use a function language if you use it as an imperative D> one?(i.e. most of the apps in http://haskell.org/practice.html) because most complex parts of code are really functional and Haskell give ability to e

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Functional vs Imperative

2005-09-13 Thread Cale Gibbard
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Re: [Haskell-cafe] Functional vs Imperative

2005-09-13 Thread Cale Gibbard
On 13/09/05, Dhaemon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > I'm quite interested in haskell, but there is something I don't > understand(intuitively). I've been crawling the web for an answer, but > nothing talks to me... > So I was hoping I could find some help here: > "How is evaluating an expr

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Functional vs Imperative

2005-09-13 Thread Cale Gibbard
On 13/09/05, Dhaemon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > I'm quite interested in haskell, but there is something I don't > understand(intuitively). I've been crawling the web for an answer, but > nothing talks to me... > So I was hoping I could find some help here: > "How is evaluating an expr

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Functional vs Imperative

2005-09-13 Thread Sebastian Sylvan
On 9/13/05, Dhaemon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > I'm quite interested in haskell, but there is something I don't > understand(intuitively). I've been crawling the web for an answer, but > nothing talks to me... > So I was hoping I could find some help here: > "How is evaluating an expre

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Functional vs Imperative

2005-09-13 Thread Wolfgang Jeltsch
Am Dienstag, 13. September 2005 15:45 schrieb Dhaemon: > [...] > Also, just for kicks, may I had this: I read the code of some haskell-made > programs and was astonished. Yes! It was clean and all, but there were > "do"s everywhere... Why use a function language if you use it as an > imperative on

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Functional vs Imperative

2005-09-13 Thread Thomas Davie
On 13 Sep 2005, at 16:22, David Roundy wrote: On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 01:45:52PM +, Dhaemon wrote: Also, just for kicks, may I had this: I read the code of some haskell-made programs and was astonished. Yes! It was clean and all, but there were "do"s everywhere... Why use a function la

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Functional vs Imperative

2005-09-13 Thread David Roundy
On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 01:45:52PM +, Dhaemon wrote: > Also, just for kicks, may I had this: I read the code of some haskell-made > programs and was astonished. Yes! It was clean and all, but there were "do"s > everywhere... Why use a function language if you use it as an imperative > one?(i

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Functional vs Imperative

2005-09-13 Thread Thomas Spriggs
Small point, From: Thomas Davie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org Subject: Re: [Haskell-cafe] Functional vs Imperative Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 14:55:14 +0100 On 13 Sep 2005, at 14:45, Dhaemon wrote: Hello, I'm quite interested in haskell, b

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Functional vs Imperative

2005-09-13 Thread Thomas Davie
On 13 Sep 2005, at 14:45, Dhaemon wrote: Hello, I'm quite interested in haskell, but there is something I don't understand(intuitively). I've been crawling the web for an answer, but nothing talks to me... So I was hoping I could find some help here: "How is evaluating an expression diffe

[Haskell-cafe] Functional vs Imperative

2005-09-13 Thread Dhaemon
Hello, I'm quite interested in haskell, but there is something I don't understand(intuitively). I've been crawling the web for an answer, but nothing talks to me... So I was hoping I could find some help here: "How is evaluating an _expression_ different from performing action?" I'm puzzled... Does