[Haskell-cafe] curious about sum

[Keith Sheppard]

I just realized... that was a statement not a question :-)

anyway, thanks
Keith

On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Don Stewart<dons at galois.com> wrote:
> keithshep:
>> Is there any reason that sum isn't strict? I can't think of any case
>> where that is a good thing.
>>
>> Prelude> sum [0 .. 1000000]
>> *** Exception: stack overflow
>>
>
> It is strict when subject to strictness analysis (try compiling it).
>
> -- Don
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