3.00 instalation problem

1998-02-02 Thread Bostjan Slivnik
This is not a bug report but a question concerning GHC 3.00 installation on Linux. I tried to install GHC 3.00 following the instructions for building from the source distribution. However, after ``gmake all'' and a large amount of time I got this: --- BEGIN --- ghc-2.10 -cpp -fglasgow-exts

No field labels?

1998-02-02 Thread Graeme Moss
Is there any reason for not allowing: data Test = Test {} in Haskell? I am generating programs where I pattern match on this constructor: (an artificial example follows) main = print (case Test {} of Test {} - True) and am currently forced to make a special case of no fields, and instead

No Subject

1998-02-02 Thread Natividad Vilela Carral
I'm looking for some function that reads a midi file and to generates Haskore. I'm trying to take a midi file and to generate a Mathematic function. How many clocks are there in a quarter note?

Re: Design Methodologies

1998-02-02 Thread Philip Wadler
What I am looking for are the formal design methods and tools supporting those methods that lead one through the task of decomposing a problem (possibly specified in a requirements document) into a design that can be used as the starting point for coding with a functional language. The

Design Methodologies

1998-02-02 Thread Richard Emberson
I am investigating whether an organization can build large applications ( 50Kloc - thats c++ lines of code) using a functional language, specifically Haskell. I was told by another that a "very famous software engineering researcher" had said that the reason there was no emphasis on the use of