[Haskell-cafe] TCP Server

[Erik de Castro Lopo]

Yves Parès wrote:

> Yes, and IMO this is a growing problem. Since iteratees were designed, a
> lot of different libraries providing this kind of service have appeared.

Thats mainly because the solution space was new and lots of unexplored
terrain.

> Or else, we have to make sure that each one (iteratee, enumerator, conduit,
> pipes...) has its own set of associated packages and that each provide
> equivalent functionalities, but then => combinatorial explosion.

There really isn't a combinatorial explosion, but rather a small number
of families of packages.

> ^^ It's just I don't want people to start trolling by applying to Haskell
> the adage I've heard quite a few times about Java, stating that "There are
> 50 ways to achieve something... none of which is good".

Java has been around 20 years. The iteratee/enumerator/iterio/conduit/pipes
idea has really only been around for a couple of years and I would be
surprised it one of them (or a new one combining the best features of
the others) doesn't come out the clear winner in the next year or two.

Erik
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