I don't think it's pure. I would definitely use a pure language on the JVM, but IIRC Open Quark / Cal is an impure language. For example, from the library documentation: "printLine :: String -> ()".
-chris On 9 feb 2010, at 15:31, Tim Wawrzynczak wrote: > Perhaps this is similar to what you're looking for. > > http://openquark.org/Open_Quark/Welcome.html > > It's a pure, lazy language for the JVM. I haven't used it myself, but I > would imagine that > it would have a Java FFI. > > Cheers, > - Tim > > On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 6:42 PM, Tony Morris <tonymor...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have hypothesised a pure, lazy language on the JVM and perhaps the > .NET CLR with FFI to .NET/Java libraries. I foresee various problems but > none that are catastrophic; just often requiring a compromises, > sometimes very unattractive compromises. I have authored several > libraries in the same vain as pure, lazy programming to run on the JVM > in Java and Scala programming languages. > > I expect others have forethought and perhaps even experimented with such > a language. Are there any dangers to be wary of that undo the entire > endeavour? > > Thanks for any insights. > > -- > Tony Morris > http://tmorris.net/ > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe