i'm slowly prepping some stuff for ghc and the committee, though i can't say about the general action. I do think some stuff i've got planned should make its way in, i cant speak for other folks etc etc
On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 5:54 AM Anthony Clayden < anthony_clay...@clear.net.nz> wrote: > On *Thu Nov 29 15:00:19 UTC 2018, Doug McIlroy wrote:* > > > >* Frankly after you've filtered out all that, I'd be astonished if you** > have anything left. It seems to be usual practice on Hackage to switch** > on a swag of LANGUAGE pragmas even if this module isn't using them.* > > >>* (MPTCs, FlexibleInstances/Contexts in particular.)* > > > A depressing remark, which comes close to saying > > there is no true Haskell. > > ? There wasn't a true Haskell in 1998. Already Hugs (in HugsMode) and GHC > (with glasgow-extns) had MPTCs, FlexibleInstances/Contexts, FunDeps, > UndecidableInstances. Overlapping instances was optional extra. > > > It's one reason I hang mostly with Hugs. > > Interesting. Does that mean Hugs98? How on earth do you manage without at > least some of the above? > > > GHC pretty well repudiates Haskell 2010. > > So does Hugs (in HugsMode): a large proportion of the extra features in H2010 > were suggested by the Hugs teams; and Hugs 2006 was already far advanced > beyond it. > > > > May Haskell 2020 receive more respect! > > I think you'll need to adjust your expectations: I doubt H2020 will happen. > There was a glimmer of activity last month, but this list has resumed its > moribund state. So I think we can put last month down to dead cat bounce. If > H2020 does happen, HugsMode will still be well ahead of whatever gets added. > > > AntC > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-prime mailing list > Haskell-prime@haskell.org > http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haskell-prime >
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