[Haskell-cafe] Re: Google Summer of Code 2009

2009-02-12 Thread John Lato
Johan Tibell wrote: On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 2:12 AM, Felipe Lessa felipe.le...@gmail.com wrote: Do we already have enough information to turn http://okmij.org/ftp/Haskell/Iteratee/ into a nice, generic, cabalized package? I think Iteratees may prove themselves as useful as ByteStrings. I

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Re: Google Summer of Code 2009

2009-02-12 Thread Gwern Branwen
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 11:49 AM, John Lato jwl...@gmail.com wrote: Johan Tibell wrote: On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 2:12 AM, Felipe Lessa felipe.le...@gmail.com wrote: Do we already have enough information to turn http://okmij.org/ftp/Haskell/Iteratee/ into a nice, generic, cabalized package? I

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Re: Google Summer of Code 2009

2009-02-12 Thread Don Stewart
gwern0: On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 11:49 AM, John Lato jwl...@gmail.com wrote: Johan Tibell wrote: On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 2:12 AM, Felipe Lessa felipe.le...@gmail.com wrote: Do we already have enough information to turn http://okmij.org/ftp/Haskell/Iteratee/ into a nice, generic,

[Haskell-cafe] Re: Google Summer of Code 2009

2009-02-12 Thread Matthew Elder
So in general, think hard about missing capabilities in Haskell: * tools * libraries * infrastructure that benefit the broadest number of Haskell users or developers. Another route is to identify a clear niche where Haskell could leap ahead of the competition, with a small