On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:00:38 -0500, Roman Leshchinskiy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 29/11/2008, at 10:47, Claus Reinke wrote: [...] >> And would it be difficult for you all to agree on a standard API, to >> make switching between the alternatives easy (if >> it is indeed impossible to unify their advantages in a single library, >> the reasons for which should also be documented somewhere)? > > Yes, it is very difficult. A sensible API for a standard array library > is something that needs more research. FWIW, I don't know of any other > language that has what I'd like to see in Haskell. C++ probably comes > closest but they have it easy - they don't do fusion. [...] Would you elaborate on what you'd like to see in an array library? And perhaps which C++ array library you are thinking of? Your C++ comment caught my attention, and now I'm curious. Surely you don't mean C-style arrays. :-D Regards, Brad Larsen _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
