More to supply evidence in answer to your question than to present a point
of view, the following is an example of code I wrote fairly recently:
phi :: Double - Double - Complex Double
phi x y = sum [ exp((-pi * (x + n)^2) :+ (2 * pi * n * y)) | n -
[-100..100] ]
I wouldn't claim for a second
To add my tuppence-worth on this, addressed to no-one in particular:
(1) I think getting hung up on UTF-8 correctness is a distraction here. I
can't imagine anyone suggesting that the C/C++ standards removed support
for (char*) because it wasn't UTF-8 correct: sure, you'd recommend people
use a
