[Haskell-cafe] Re: Channel9 Interview: Software Composability and the Future of Languages

2007-01-31 Thread apfelmus
Bulat Ziganshin wrote: there are also many other similar issues, such as lack of good syntax for for, while, break and other well-known statements, On the other hand you have an ability to define your own control structures. i have a lot, but their features are limited, both in terms of

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Re: Channel9 Interview: Software Composability and the Future of Languages

2007-01-31 Thread Bulat Ziganshin
Hello apfelmus, Wednesday, January 31, 2007, 10:38:00 PM, you wrote: while (hGetBuf h buf bufsize == bufsize) crc := updateCrc crc buf bufsize break if crc==0 print crc I guess that the crc is a simple fold over the single bytes: yes, but it is written in efficient C. and anyway it

[Haskell-cafe] Re: Channel9 Interview: Software Composability and the Future of Languages

2007-01-28 Thread apfelmus
Michael T. Richter wrote: And in, you know, the real world of programming you don't face mathematical problems as your bread and butter. Can you prove that? ;) You face problems in a messy world of too-short deadlines, too-few resources, too-poorly-communicated requirements and