Re: [Haskell-cafe] expanded standard lib

On Nov 19, 2007 10:25 AM, brad clawsie wrote:

so far the haskell community has taken the cpan route for most practical libs but i wonder if a "batteries included" approach might help get some key libraries to a more complete state. in particular, i would like to see support for basic internet protocols, database connectivity, and potentially xml parser support rolled into the ghc standard libs. there is always a strong debate on where the line is

I agree strongly. I particularly miss a "standard" HTTP library. Justin