Re: [Haskell-cafe] Python is lazier than Haskell

On 29 Apr 2011, at 10:42, Ben Lippmeier wrote:

On 29/04/2011, at 6:08 PM, Malcolm Wallace wrote:

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On 29 Apr 2011, at 05:38, Ben Lippmeier wrote:

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Laziness at the value level causes space leaks,

This is well-worn folklore, but a bit misleading.

:-) Like permanent markers in the hands of children causes suffering. It's not a tautology, but an overgeneralisation that holds more often than not.

I completely disagree, like Malcolm Wallace, space leaks in my code have *more often* been to do with being too strict than being too non-strict. Bob