[Haskell-cafe] Int is broken [Was: Different answers on different machines]

On Jun 2, 2013, at 12:52 , Henry Laxen wrote:

Yes, that was it. The dell was a 32 bit system, and the desktop a 64. I changed everything from Int to Integer, and now both agree. Thanks for the pointer.

Isn't that just terrible? I hate the fact that Haskell was defined to neither trap the overflow or just treat everything as Integer [like Scheme]. A sacrifice of program safety in the name of efficiency. I disagree with this choice and posit that a clever implementation can minimize the cost of the overflow checking in most relevant cases. I wish this fatal flaw would be reconsidered for the next major revision. Tommy