[Haskell] Haskell' status & summary

[Isaac Jones]

Greetings!

I'll try to update the Haskell community periodically on the status of
the Haskell' language standard.

As mentioned previously, we are currently focusing on two topics,
concurrency and the class system.  If you feel that you have anything
important to contribute to those topics, now is the time to review the
proposals, join in the Haskell' mailing list and let us know what you
know!

Stephanie Weirich has posted a summary of the class system discussion
here:

http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/haskell-prime/wiki/ClassSystem

Stephanie says:

     This page is important because it lists all of the proposals not
     related to MPTCs as well as trying to capture the big picture
     about where we stand with respect to MPTCs. I've been trying to
     not duplicate text that appears elsewhere in the wiki, but just
     provide a consistent picture of the state of the discussions on
     the mailing list.

     Please take a look at this page and help me fill it out. In
     particular, 've been trying to take a pulse of where we stand on
     some of these issues, and some of you may not agree! Tell me if
     I'm off the wall. Also, I've (mostly) concentrated on issues that
     have tickets, so I may have missed some issues that were only
     discussed in the mailing list.  Please let me know if there is
     anything I've forgotten.

Simon Marlow has posted a summary of the concurrency discussion here:

http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/haskell-prime/wiki/Concurrency

Simon says:

     I have tried to summarise the various points that have arisen
     during the discussion.  If anyone feels they have been
     mis-paraphrased, or I have forgotten something, please feel free
     to edit, or send me some text for inclusion.  I don't want to
     include long gobs of text in here, though: just summarise the
     main points, and if necessary link to relevant mailing list
     posts.

Thanks, Simon & Stephanie for keeping things moving forward!


peace,

  isaac