[Haskell-cafe] Is Haskell a 5GL?

[Ch. A. Herrmann]

Hi,

>>            and/or visual programming (Visual Basic,...)
>
> I can only assume you are a) joking

a bit, yes

> , or b) not a visual basic user.

also true

> While Visual Basic is a much insulted language, I have a soft spot for
> it. However, its not a Visual programming language - its a language
> which happens to have a GUI API and a bit of IDE support. Its
> resolutely a 3GL, roughly akin to Java, in my opinion.

I'd agree but I found the info in the web

>> The question is: how strong is the influence of laziness in everyday
>> Haskell programming?
>
> I'd say very strong, lots of times a "where" is used thats making use
> of laziness.

I don't agree: "where" is often only used to program in a top-down style

Cheers
--
 Christoph