Re: [Haskell-cafe] Microsoft PhD Scholarship at Strathclyde

2009-03-14 Thread Peter Verswyvelen
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 2:36 AM, Henning Thielemann lemm...@henning-thielemann.de wrote: a lot. However, isn't this halfheartedly since we all wait for full dependent types? :-) Well, in C++ one can already use the numerical values with templates for achieving a lot of compile time

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Microsoft PhD Scholarship at Strathclyde

2009-03-14 Thread Conor McBride
Hi Henning On 14 Mar 2009, at 01:36, Henning Thielemann wrote: On Tue, 10 Mar 2009, Conor McBride wrote: Apologies for crossposting. Please forward this message to individuals or lists who may be interested. In addition to the recently advertised PhD position at Strathclyde on Reusability

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Microsoft PhD Scholarship at Strathclyde

2009-03-14 Thread Wolfgang Jeltsch
Am Samstag, 14. März 2009 08:19 schrieb Peter Verswyvelen: Well, in C++ one can already use the numerical values with templates for achieving a lot of compile time computations. So I would be very happy to have this feature in Haskell. It might also be good research towards full dependent

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Microsoft PhD Scholarship at Strathclyde

2009-03-14 Thread Conor McBride
Hi Wolfgang On 14 Mar 2009, at 12:00, Wolfgang Jeltsch wrote: Am Samstag, 14. März 2009 08:19 schrieb Peter Verswyvelen: Well, in C++ one can already use the numerical values with templates for achieving a lot of compile time computations. So I would be very happy to have this feature in

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Microsoft PhD Scholarship at Strathclyde

2009-03-14 Thread Dan Doel
On Saturday 14 March 2009 8:12:09 am Conor McBride wrote: Rome wasn't burnt in a day. Of course I want more than just numerical indexing (and I even have a plan) but numeric constraints are so useful and have so much of their own peculiar structure that they're worth studying in their own

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Microsoft PhD Scholarship at Strathclyde

2009-03-14 Thread Wolfgang Jeltsch
Am Samstag, 14. März 2009 14:51 schrieb Conor McBride: Conor, is Epigram currently under development? We've even stopped working on the engine and started working on the chassis. I'm in an intensive teaching block until the end of April, but from May it becomes Priority. The Reusability and

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Microsoft PhD Scholarship at Strathclyde

2009-03-14 Thread Conor McBride
Hi Dan On 14 Mar 2009, at 14:26, Dan Doel wrote: On Saturday 14 March 2009 8:12:09 am Conor McBride wrote: Rome wasn't burnt in a day. Of course I want more than just numerical indexing (and I even have a plan) but numeric constraints are so useful and have so much of their own peculiar

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Microsoft PhD Scholarship at Strathclyde

2009-03-14 Thread Dan Doel
On Saturday 14 March 2009 1:07:01 pm Conor McBride wrote: But this... 2) A family of singleton types int(n) parameterized by the static type. For instance, int(5) is the type that contains only the run-time value 5. 3) An existential around the above family for representing

the nearly dependent near future, was Re: [Haskell-cafe] Microsoft PhD Scholarship at Strathclyde

2009-03-14 Thread Conor McBride
Hi Dan On 14 Mar 2009, at 18:48, Dan Doel wrote: On Saturday 14 March 2009 1:07:01 pm Conor McBride wrote: I don't think the duplicate-or-plunge dilemma you pose exhausts the options. At least, I seem no reason to presume so and I look forward to finding out! I didn't mean to suggest that

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Microsoft PhD Scholarship at Strathclyde

2009-03-13 Thread Henning Thielemann
On Tue, 10 Mar 2009, Conor McBride wrote: Apologies for crossposting. Please forward this message to individuals or lists who may be interested. In addition to the recently advertised PhD position at Strathclyde on Reusability and Dependent Types, I am delighted to advertise the following PhD

[Haskell-cafe] Microsoft PhD Scholarship at Strathclyde

2009-03-10 Thread Conor McBride
Apologies for crossposting. Please forward this message to individuals or lists who may be interested. In addition to the recently advertised PhD position at Strathclyde on Reusability and Dependent Types, I am delighted to advertise the following PhD opportunity.

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Microsoft PhD Scholarship at Strathclyde

2009-03-10 Thread Bulat Ziganshin
Hello Conor, Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 6:59:58 PM, you wrote: {- -- Haskell Types with Numeric Constraints -} are you have in mind integrating results into

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Microsoft PhD Scholarship at Strathclyde

2009-03-10 Thread Conor McBride
Hi Bulat, hi all, On 10 Mar 2009, at 16:06, Bulat Ziganshin wrote: Hello Conor, Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 6:59:58 PM, you wrote: {- -- Haskell Types with Numeric Constraints