Re: [Haskell-cafe] Problems with strictness analysis?

David Menendez-2 wrote:

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On Mon, 3 Nov 2008, Luke Palmer wrote:

I was actually being an annoying purist. "f is strict" means "f _|_ = _|_", so strictness is a semantic idea, not an operational one.

I think Luke was commenting on the terminology, not the optimization. We have a tendency to say "lazy" when we mean "non-strict" and "strict" when we mean "eager".

Good point. If it sheds light on such elusive, important distinctions then this incorrigible pedantry can only be encouraged. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Problems-with-strictness-analysis--tp20301967p20319740... Sent from the Haskell - Haskell-Cafe mailing list archive at Nabble.com.