23 Nov
2004
23 Nov
'04
5:22 a.m.
Keean Schupke wrote:
Can a C function be pure? I guess it can... The trouble is you cannot proove its pure?
But - why would you want to use a pure C function.
Because it already exists? E.g. most BLAS/LAPACK functions are pure;
should they be re-written in Haskell?
[Yes, I know that BLAS/LAPACK are written in Fortran, but I don't
think that changes the argument. The resulting object code (which is
what you would actually be using) wouldn't be significantly different
if they were written in C.]
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Glynn Clements