Hello Andrew, Sunday, July 8, 2007, 10:41:53 PM, you wrote:
> OTOH, everybody uses ByteString rather than UArray Word8. (And, in fact, > ByteString *exists* even though UArray Word8 was there first.) So one > presumes it's because ByteString has some kind of magic that makes it > faster than a UArray... as i already said, it's due to algorithms implemented. when one need UArray operations, it use it. when one need string operations, he use ByteStrings. the rest is marketing hype ands i bet that UArray advertising company was ~15 years ago :) -- Best regards, Bulat mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe