[Haskell-begin] Re: For starters...

[Chaddaï Fouché]

2008/7/17 Rafael Gustavo da Cunha Pereira Pinto <rafaelgcpp at gmail.com>:
> I will use foldr max 0, because I want 0 for the empty list.

In this case use rather "foldl' max 0", using foldr you would have to
construct a huge thunk of max application before getting your result
whereas foldl' max will find the answer in constant space (and quite a
bit faster). This wiki page will explain the difference between the
folds :
http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Foldr_Foldl_Foldl%27

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Jedaï