Re: Haskell in Scientific Computing?

[Jeffrey R. Lewis]

Hans Aberg wrote:

> At 14:36 -0500 98/10/09, Jan Skibinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >    Could Haskell ever be used for serious scientific computing?
>
>   I think you need to define "scientific computing": There is usually a
> tradeoff between runtime abstraction/generality and speed. Haskell provides
> some generality on the expense of speed.
>
>   Haskell could probably be made more usable by allowing classes be written
> in another language and used from Haskell or vice versa.

One of the projects that I'm currently working on is an interface to MATLAB
using h/direct.  That would give you access to a high quality matrix library
from Haskell.  It's quite incomplete in its current state, but I would gladly
make it available to those interested in exploring the possibilities.

--Jeff