[Haskell-cafe] Haskell in 3 Slides

[Eugene Kirpichov]

The main bullet point is missing: Correctness.

How could we have forgotten quickcheck?

> quickCheck (\xs -> sort (sort xs) == sort xs)
OK, 100 tests passed.

2009/5/18 Don Stewart <dons at galois.com>:
> adam.turoff:
>> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Don Stewart <dons at galois.com> wrote:
>> > Exactly: focus on what the user wants to do (e.g. write multicore code,
>> > write safe code, write code quickly), not how that is achieved:
>> > "bounded parametric polymorphism" or "monads"
>>
>> Parametric polymorphism is a big win, and highlights something
>> a user wants to do.  A *shallow* overview (one bullet, one
>> function) might fit.  Off the top of my head:
>>
>>   incr :: (Num a) => a -> a
>>   incr = (+ 1)
>>
>> Writing that operation in other languages is either (a) repeated for
>> every numeric type or (b) not typesafe.  Haskell is one of the few
>> that delivers both, and that is worth underscoring.  And it gives
>> you an opportunity to wave your hands and talk about type
>> inferencing without wasting room on a slide.
>>
>
> Right, so talk about "Reuse!" (polymorphism) , "Productivity" (type
> inference) "Performance" (static typing + optimizer)
>
> -- Don
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