[Haskell-cafe] Python is lazier than Haskell

[Thomas Davie]

On 29 Apr 2011, at 10:42, Ben Lippmeier wrote:

> 
> On 29/04/2011, at 6:08 PM, Malcolm Wallace wrote:
> 
>> On 29 Apr 2011, at 05:38, Ben Lippmeier <benl at ouroborus.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> Laziness at the value level causes space leaks, 
>> 
>> This is well-worn folklore, but a bit misleading.  
> 
> :-) Like permanent markers in the hands of children causes suffering. It's not a tautology, but an overgeneralisation that holds more often than not. 

I completely disagree, like Malcolm Wallace, space leaks in my code have *more often* been to do with being too strict than being too non-strict.

Bob