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Question -- clearly, when you look at Haskell, you see abstract algebra. Were Stepanov's ideas big influencers of Haskell, or vice versa, or neither?
by charlieflowers 10y ago
Question -- clearly, when you look at Haskell, you see abstract algebra. Were Stepanov's ideas big influencers of Haskell, or vice versa, or neither?
- RossBencina 10y agoStepanov and Musser were working on generic programming in the 80s[0][1], which predates Haskell. I suspect parametric polymorphism was common in the FP world by that time, but I don't know whether it was used as an organising principle to the extent that Stepanov promotes. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Stepanov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Stepanov [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Musser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Musser