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> I do wonder if one might get those same benefits in another language without the problems which seem to crop up with Haskell Not until other languages raise
by grumpyprole 3y ago
> I do wonder if one might get those same benefits in another language without the problems which seem to crop up with Haskell
Not until other languages raise their game. Nothing compares to Haskell for productivity and I've tried many different languages professionally over the years (including Haskell).
But yes, reasoning about what happens operationally is the big problem.
- ParetoOptimal 3y ago> Not until other languages raise their game. Nothing compares to Haskell for productivity and I've tried many different languages professionally over the years (including Haskell). 100% agree. > But yes, reasoning about what happens operationally is the big problem. What types of issues do you experience?
- grumpyprole 3y ago> What types of issues do you experience? In GHC Haskell, it can be difficult to predict the lifetime of heap objects and control when objects are not shared (optimisations may or not lift terms out of a local context).