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Article #205Re: Types, arrays, generality, and notation (was: Fortran90 and Arrays)
From: Joe Fasel
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 15:23
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 15:23
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In article <1992Apr13.172433.1633@newshost.lanl.gov>, jlg@cochiti.lanl.gov (Jim Giles) writes: |> In article <ROCKWELL.92Apr10230632@so |> |> [...] |> |> J's style of programming _is_ a bit different than what is |> |> traditionally used. Where it shines is in applicative code: [...] |> |> Haskell is also vastly different from traditional languages. Haskell |> is a strict functional language - so it shines _MORE_THAN_J_ for those |> applications where applicative programming is natural to the problem. Well, Haskell is a _nonstrict_ functional language. I think Jim meant to say that it is a pure functional language--that is, without any imperative features. No flames here--just trying to avoid confusion. --Joe
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Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!hellgate.utah.edu!lanl!lanl.gov!jhf From: jhf@c3.lanl.gov (Joe Fasel) Subject: Re: Types, arrays, generality, and notation (was: Fortran90 and Arrays) Message-ID: <1992Apr14.152303.9140@newshost.lanl.gov> Sender: news@newshost.lanl.gov Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory References: <ROCKWELL.92Mar21001252@socrates.umd.edu> <ROCKWELL.92Apr10230632@socrates.umd.edu> <1992Apr13.172433.1633@newshost.lanl.gov> Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 15:23:03 GMT Lines: 17