Re: [Haskell-cafe] Binary serialization, was Re: Abstraction leak

I was explaining Haskell to a perl/python hacking friend recently and characterized things thus: Perl is a horrible language with fantastic libraries. Haskell is a fantastic language with horrible libraries. Actually, many of the libraries that exist for Haskell *are* fantastic, it's just that Haskell lacks the *coverage* that Perl or Python have. cheers, T. -- Dr Thomas Conway drtomc@gmail.com Silence is the perfectest herald of joy: I were but little happy, if I could say how much.