[Haskell-cafe] function unique

[Tim Chevalier]

On 7/12/07, Jonathan Cast <jcast at ou.edu> wrote:
> No.  Of course not.  Before making wild guesses about how GHC is implementing
> your code, read (and understand[1]) the STG paper:
>
> http://research.microsoft.com/copyright/accept.asp?path=/users/simonpj/papers/spineless-tagless-gmachine.ps.gz&pub=34
>

In this particular case, reading the simplifier paper would probably
be more relevant:
http://research.microsoft.com/copyright/accept.asp?path=/users/simonpj/papers/comp-by-trans.ps.gz&pub=18
Or even just understanding the syntax of Core, really.

> [1] Understanding the STG paper is not a requirement to using Haskell, just to
> making wild (incorrect) guesses about how the compiler's going to treat your
> code.  But, of course, making wild (incorrect) guesses about how the
> compiler's going to treat your code is not a requirement to using Haskell.

Amen!

Cheers,
Tim

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