[Haskell-cafe] Memoisation

[Tony Morris]

I have a backtracking algorithm that I need to memoise with. Rather than
go into the intricacies of the algorithm, I figure (and hope) the
factorial function is trivial enough to point out my problem.

Simply, suppose I wish to calculate the factorial of 10, then "later"
the factorial of 5. I have already calculated the factorial of 5, but
now I must do it again. I have thought of various ways of preventing
this; perhaps passing an Array in a state monad. I'm wondering if there
is a general solution for this kind of problem.

Thanks for any tips.

-- 
Tony Morris
http://tmorris.net/


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