21 Dec
2005
21 Dec
'05
9:48 a.m.
Robin Green wrote:
I meant that for *many* but not all practical programming tasks, IO is important. ...web applications...
Ha, wrong! A CGI script only needs getEnv, getContents and putStr, if it has persistent state, it also needs readFile and writeFile. Each of the five is called exactly once per invocation. The main function is boiler plate, the bulk of the logic is pure. Same for a web application server, only less IO.
Compilers are atypical in this regard.
You wouldn't believe what diverse applications could be summed up under "compilers". Udo. -- If I ever write a GUI library for Haskell, I'm going to call it pointlesstif. -- Pseudonym on #haskell