On 24 November 2004 11:10, Lennart Augustsson wrote: > George Russell wrote: >> I think their disadvantages are overstated. Glasgow Haskell uses >> them lots, > > And I bet the implementors wish they hadn't used them as much. ;) Bingo. Not to say I universally dissaprove of top-level variables, but GHC does overuse them a little. Cheers, Simon