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Re:Rust as a gateway drug to Haskell by hellofunk on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @05:29AM (#14551551)
I don't use Haskell but didn't I read recently that the latest version of Haskell addresses this common concern by allowing you to turn off laziness altogether so everything evaluates eagerly?
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Re:Rust as a gateway drug to Haskell by lkurusa on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @05:39AM (#14551593)
There is -XStrict, see here for a discussion: https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/StrictPragma
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Re:Rust as a gateway drug to Haskell by vmchale on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @11:50AM (#14553577)
>Haskell addresses this common concern by allowing you to turn off laziness altogether so everything evaluates eagerly

It's a common concern but it's a terrible critique. Laziness has many subtle benefits, but everyone whines about it because its pitfalls are decidedly not subtle.

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