Re: [Haskell-cafe] Ur vs Haskell

2011-01-07 Thread Brandon S Allbery KF8NH
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 1/7/11 14:14 , Alexander Kjeldaas wrote: > Ur looks very impressive, so the natural question I'm asking myself is: How > does it stack up against haskell frameworks, and why can't Ur be implemented > in Haskell? > > I'm thinking mainly of the sa

[Haskell-cafe] Ur vs Haskell

2011-01-07 Thread Alexander Kjeldaas
I've briefly gone through the Ur demo at http://impredicative.com/ur/demo/ Ur looks very impressive, so the natural question I'm asking myself is: How does it stack up against haskell frameworks, and why can't Ur be implemented in Haskell? I'm thinking mainly of the safety guarantees, not necess