[Haskell-cafe] Re: Simple newbie question - Int and Integer

2007-07-13 Thread Dave Bayer
Gregory Propf gregorypropf at yahoo.com writes:

 So what the hell is the difference between them?  Int and Integer.
 They aren't synonyms clearly.  What's going on?

http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Learn_Haskell_in_10_minutes

is a good starting point for answering this and similar questions.


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[Haskell-cafe] Re: Simple newbie question - Int and Integer

2007-07-13 Thread Chris Smith
Dave Bayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Gregory Propf gregorypropf at yahoo.com writes:
 
  So what the hell is the difference between them?  Int and Integer.
  They aren't synonyms clearly.  What's going on?
 
 http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Learn_Haskell_in_10_minutes
 
 is a good starting point for answering this and similar questions.

Err, wow!  Word gets around fast.  I wrote that up through about 1:00 am 
this morning, and I'm a little embarassed by it.  I was thinking I'd let 
it hand around in my head and do a second pass in a day or two to make 
it more respectable; but hey, I'll swallow my embarassment if people 
find it helpful. :)

-- 
Chris Smith

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