Int vs Integer

1998-09-09 Thread S.J.Thompson
In the Libraries: state of play document, the sixth point is about Int: Make Integer be the default integral type instead of Int. This means that o If you don't give an explicit default declaration, then an ambiguous integral type constraint defaults to Integer. o

Re: Standard Haskell

1998-09-09 Thread Hassett
On 9/8/98 5:10 PM, Andrew Rock wrote If Standard Haskell is meant to be a stable target for texts and the like, why not Haskell-Ed (for Education), perhaps with a version indication like Haskell-Ed-98. Unfortunately, this carries the risk that the uninformed may think that the language was

Re: Standard Haskell

1998-09-09 Thread John Launchbury
I think I favor "20th century Haskell" myself :-) Hassett wrote: On 9/8/98 5:10 PM, Andrew Rock wrote If Standard Haskell is meant to be a stable target for texts and the like, why not Haskell-Ed (for Education), perhaps with a version indication like Haskell-Ed-98. Unfortunately,

Re: Gif writer module

1998-09-09 Thread Walter Ariel Risi
At 16:21 18/09/98 +0100, Keith S. Wansbrough wrote: Without any intention of denigrating excellent work in Haskell, is there any reason to prefer this over gnuplot? What is it? What can I answer here on "what is it?"? See for yourself on my html page - I am not hiding anything.