[Haskell-beginners] code critique

[Alexander Batischev]

Hi!

On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 11:19:03AM +1000, Arlen Cuss wrote:
> (Of course, this is less beautifully illustrated with 'length', because
> it doesn't actually evaluate the values ...:
> 
> > length [trace "a" 5, trace "b" 10, trace "c" 15] == 0
> False
> > 

Oh, excuse me - yes, 'length' really doesn't evaluate the values. But
still, it *builds* the list (that may be very large or even infinite),
thus slowing or even hanging your program.

-- 
Regards,
Alexander Batischev

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