Re: [Haskell-cafe] Write Haskell as fast as C. [Was: Re: GHC predictability]

Mattias Bengtsson wrote:

A good read.

With Don, it usually is. ;-)

Side point: Is the name "go" part of the idiom you mentioned? I sometimes use the same practise but usually just calls the worker the same as the real function with an added prime (').

I usually use "work". Same difference. :-) From what I can tell, the Prelude implementation in the Haskell Report uses primes on the function names [in the tiny number of cases where a worker function is actually required]. Each to their own...