[Haskell-cafe] do you have to use fix with forkio?

[Martijn van Steenbergen]

Derek Elkins wrote:
> If you are doing something else, use something else.  This makes it
> clear that you -aren't- going to break out (non-exceptionally), i.e. the
> control flow is more obvious in this code than in the other versions.

Oh yes, of course! I wasn't saying forever is bad; in fact I agree with 
you that it's the best solution in this case. I just wanted to note that 
forever isn't always a good substitute for "fix $ \loop ->", without 
implying that was what you were suggesting.

Martijn.