[Haskell-cafe] Lisp like symbols in haskell

[Michael Vanier]

jean-christophe mincke wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Has there already been attempts to introduce lisp like symbols in haskell?
>
>
> Thank you
>
> Regards
>
> J-C
>

J-C,

Do you mean symbols as in "interned strings with an O(1) string 
comparison method"?  I would love to have those, but I don't see an easy 
way to get it without being in the IO or ST monad.

Mike