On 19-Jul-1999, Jan Brosius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > will Haskell compiled programs be faster by using more strictness > annotations; Strictness annotations on functions don't help much, since the compilers generally do a fine job of inferring strictness of functions. But the current crop of Haskell compilers does not infer strictness of data constructors -- that is a much more difficult task. Strictness annotations on data types can often make a very big difference. -- Fergus Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | "I have always known that the pursuit WWW: <http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/~fjh> | of excellence is a lethal habit" PGP: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- the last words of T. S. Garp.
