Re: Windows Install Problem

2000-12-29 Thread Steinitz, Dominic J
I deleted everything and started again using -static and it now works. In fact it works really well. I replaced a linear lookup table implemented via lists with FiniteMap - a 3 line change - and my program performed significantly better. And because all this stuff is in the distribution it was

Re: Are anonymous type classes the right model at all? (replying to Re: Are fundeps the right model at all?)

2000-12-29 Thread John Meacham
I also like the approach of generalizing the record system, although I have not evaluated your particular proposal. Speaking of record improvements why is http://www.cse.ogi.edu/~mpj/pubs/lightrec.html not listed on the future of haskell page? has it already been determined to not be in

RE: Learning Haskell and FP

2000-12-29 Thread Johan Jeuring
Who are the audience for the books on Advanced Functional Programming? Academics with a theoretical CS background or someone with just a bit of understanding of FP? Ideally, I would like a course suited for someone who has completed a basic FP course. It varies a bit per school (book) and per

Re: Learning Haskell and FP

2000-12-29 Thread Frank Atanassow
Benjamin L. Russell wrote (on 28-12-00 17:35 -0500): "Furuike ya! Kawazu tobikomu mizu no oto." --Matsuo Basho [..] Is it OK if I show off and steal some thunder? :) So much for that idea...! "(It's) An old pond! The sound of water steadily dripping in..." Actually, if I may add,

Haskell Language Design Questions

2000-12-29 Thread Doug Ransom
1. Is the lack of dynamic binding of functions by design or because it was too much effort to be justified at the time the language was designed? In object oriented programming there can be several implementations of the same interface, and they can be stored in the same collection. 2. It

Re: Learning Haskell and FP

2000-12-29 Thread i r thomas
On 12/28/2000 at 7:00 PM Bill Halchin wrote: Hello IR, I agree with the OU Haskell Tutorial. It is excellent!! Yes, with a bit of editing and more diagrams , it would probably be worth publishing. BTW, what is your C# source? The .NET Framework SDK is freely downloadable from MS ( around

Re: Haskell Language Design Questions

2000-12-29 Thread Fergus Henderson
On 29-Dec-2000, Doug Ransom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. Is the lack of dynamic binding of functions by design or because it was too much effort to be justified at the time the language was designed? In object oriented programming there can be several implementations of the same interface,