[Haskell-cafe] IO Monad

Hi, Could anyone explain for me why its not possible to return a primitive type (such as Integer, String) while doing some IO actions ? e.g: foo :: IO() -> String What does it have to do with "lazy evalution" paradigm ? Cheers _________________________________________________________________ Want to block unwanted pop-ups? Download the free MSN Toolbar now! http://toolbar.msn.co.uk/