[Haskell] ST vs State

[Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH]

On May 30, 2007, at 5:59 , Federico Squartini wrote:

> I suppose there is something "under the hood" which makes them
> different, but I cannot figure out what.

For one thing, ST uses existential types to prevent values from  
leaking outside the monad.

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