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> For Haskell to succeed, it has to move away from rigid commitment to various pure functional paradigms and move to eager execution by default. How far do you
by mrkeen 6y ago
> For Haskell to succeed, it has to move away from rigid commitment to various pure functional paradigms and move to eager execution by default.
How far do you want to take the eager execution thing?
Should we get rid of boolean short-circuiting?
Should if-statements evaluate both the true and false paths before choosing one?
Should compilers no longer remove dead code?
- mlthoughts2018 6y agoMany languages have already figured out good trade offs, why shouldn’t we expect a high standard of Haskell?