[Haskell-cafe] Re: package for algebraic structures

[Wolfgang Jeltsch]

Am Dienstag, 24. Februar 2009 09:30 schrieb Aaron Denney:
> On 2009-02-19, Wolfgang Jeltsch <g9ks157k at acme.softbase.org> wrote:
> > In addition, I wouldn’t include algebraic structures in a
> > *numerical* prelude since the cool thing about them is that they are
> > so abstract that they are not only about numbers.
>
> But the thing is that to have the numerical classes support the proper
> abstractions we want them to support, we need to define the algebraic
> structures as well.  So the rework goes together...

Of course! It’s just that having algebraic structures in a separate algebra 
package is in my opinion a better idea than having them in a numeric prelude.

Best wishes,
Wolfgang