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Re:Ask HN: Why would anyone choose Haskell to develop applic... by foldr on Sunday March 06, 2022 @12:16PM (#30579077)
Haskell hides far more of the inner workings than Python, JS or Go. There's a huge gap between the semantics of a non-strict, pure functional language and the actual execution model.
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Re:Ask HN: Why would anyone choose Haskell to develop applic... by unfocussed_mike on Sunday March 06, 2022 @12:28PM (#30579171)
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Re:Ask HN: Why would anyone choose Haskell to develop applic... by tlavoie on Monday March 07, 2022 @02:56PM (#30592575)
Sure, except it should be foldl' instead.

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Edit for reason: https://wiki.haskell.org/Foldr_Foldl_Foldl'

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