[Haskell-cafe] Re: Seeking reference(s) relating to FP performance

[Einar Karttunen]

On 29.09 19:00, John Goerzen wrote:
> 3. ghc doesn't seem to do very well in terms of performance, though it
> does at least beat out Java in many cases.

Please note that many of the GHC programs are not posed for
performance, but rather elegance. E.g. the nestedloop got
seven times faster with minor corrections (not reflected
on the website yet).

- Einar Karttunen