[Haskell-cafe] What are side effects in Haskell?

[Cristiano Paris]

On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 8:35 AM, Conal Elliott <conal at conal.net> wrote:
>> Everything in Haskell is a function [...]
>
> Where did this idea come from?
>
> I'd say every expression in Haskell denotes a pure value, only some of which
> are functions (have type a->b for some types a & b).

Maybe more formally correct, but my statement still holds true as any
values can be tought as constant functions, even those representing
functions themselves.

Cristiano