[Haskell-cafe] Re: Where do I put the seq?

[Jules Bean]

Peter Verswyvelen wrote:
> Not at all, use it for whatever you want to :-)
> 
> I'm writing this code because I'm preparing to write a bunch of 
> tutorials on FRP, and I first wanted to start with simple console based 
> FRP, e.g. making a little text adventure game, where the input/choices 
> of the user might be parsed ala parsec, using monadic style, applicative 
> style, and arrows, and then doing the same with FRP frameworks like 


This is a really bad place to start a FRP tutorial IMO.

The interface for 'interact' does not make any promises about the 
relative evaluation order of the input list / production order of the 
output list.

That's why you are having to play horrible tricks with seq to try to 
force the order to be what you want.

I don't think this is the basis of a robust system or a sensible tutorial.

Just my 2c.