Re:Overview and Introduction to Lisp (1986) [video]
by mark_l_watson on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @07:56AM
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I have been programming Lisp languages since about 1980, and in the last six years have become a Haskell enthusiast (but still learning). For what itβs worth, my opinion is that Haskell is a Lisp. When I am writing pure Haskell code (algorithms, not touching the external world) working in Emacs, it feels like my workflow is very similar to using Common Lisp or Scheme. If you like Haskell, then you have found a good home.
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Re:Overview and Introduction to Lisp (1986) [video]
by pjmlp on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @01:01PM
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You should check the paper "Why calculating is better than scheming", from Phil Wadler.
Re:Overview and Introduction to Lisp (1986) [video]
by moocowtruck on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @01:59PM
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i have and i'm still not seeing why calculating is better than scheming. it also lays into lack of lazy evaluation, but haven't we determined over time in haskell that lazy by default has it's own tradeoffs?
Could you maybe break it all down for us ? thanks