[Haskell-cafe] Re: Wikipedia on first-class object

[Cristian Baboi]

On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 01:42:54 +0200, Jonathan Cast  
<jonathanccast at fastmail.fm> wrote:

>>> Here is how I want print to be in Haskell
>>>
>>> print :: (a->b) -> (a->b)
>>>
>>> with print = id, but the following "side effect":
>>>
>>> - I want to call the print function today, and get the value tomorrow.
>
> Sorry, simply couldn't resist:

> Put a very long timing loop in the middle.

Well, that kind of loop won't work.