Maybe this paper[0] on using Applicatives for performance and concurrency in Haskell's Haxl will help. Also note that there is a feature proposal[1] for Applic

Maybe this paper[0] on using Applicatives for performance and concurrency in Haskell's Haxl will help. Also note that there is a feature proposal[1] for Applicative Do notation. 0: http://community.haskell.org/~simonmar/papers/haxl-icfp14.pdf http://community.haskell.org/~simonmar/papers/haxl-icfp14.pd... 1: https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/ApplicativeDo https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/ApplicativeDo