On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Kim-Ee Yeoh <ky3@atamo.com> wrote:
<tangential rant> There is a reason why the prelude is called as such and not "the standard library", which is a term I don't think you can find in the language specs.

The word "standard" does not appear as such, but it can be inferred...

http://www.haskell.org/onlinereport/haskell2010/haskellpa2.html#x20-192000II
Haskell 2010 Language Report:  The Haskell 2010 Libraries

Note however that the language of the Report's preface applies:  this is not intended to be a standard library in the sense usually meant by newcomers, but a conservative minimum required by all conformant implementations.  (It's also not limited to the Prelude; neither was Haskell98's version.)

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