[Haskell-cafe] Haskell Propeganda

[C.M.Brown]

Hi Brandon,

OK, so you're basically saying that segfaults can be eliminated with a
strong type system, whereas pattern matching errors is the result of some
dodgy laziness going on? I personally think such pattern matching errors
are a weaknesss of the language; with possibly no solutions to resolve.

regards,
Chris.



On Sat, 23 Aug 2008, Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH wrote:

> On 2008 Aug 23, at 17:29, C.M.Brown wrote:
> > I wonder whether seg faults are the true analogue to errors such as
> > "error: head empty list." or pattern match errors.
>
> Not really; while laziness does introduce a certain amount of "spooky
> action at a difference" to such errors, it's not nearly as bad as the
> memory corruption (due to effective type mismatches) that often leads
> to the segfault.
>
>