It never makes sense to use foldl on lists in Haskell (2019)

Re:It never makes sense to use foldl on lists in Haskell (2019) by overgard on Saturday March 21, 2020 @12:50PM (#22647827)

I don't think I've heard anyone seriously suggest never using a linked list -- the advice usually just ends up being "are you really sure?" which seems appropriate.

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Re:It never makes sense to use foldl on lists in Haskell (2019) by adwn on Saturday March 21, 2020 @02:47PM (#22648864)

Then let me quote the post I originally replied to:

> The way modern memory works linked lists are practically a denial of service attack on system performance.

and

> IMO, like goto’s it’s better to just forget they exist.

That's as close to "never use a linked list" as you can get without saying that literal sentence.

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