Re: [Haskell-beginners] pattern match vs. pure function

On Oct 20, 2010, at 15:14, Brent Yorgey wrote:

But honestly, I don't think this is the sort of thing you should really be worrying about. Write your programs in the most natural, elegant way you can think of, and trust that the compiler will try very hard to turn it into efficient code. If it later turns out to be too slow and profiling seems to indicate there's room for improvement, THEN you can start worrying about this sort of thing.

I buy that. Cheers, Bastian