24 Aug
2007
24 Aug
'07
12:36 p.m.
Simon Peyton-Jones wrote:
| It is unfortunate that the [ghc] manual does not give the translation rules, or at | least the translation for the given example.
Hmm. OK. I've improved the manual with a URL to the main paper http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/erk02recursive.html which is highly readable. And I've given the translation for the example as you suggest
Cool, thanks. BTW, the Haskell' wiki says its adoption status is 'probably no' which I find unfortunate. IMHO recursive do is a /very/ useful and practical feature and the cons listed on http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/haskell-prime/wiki/RecursiveDo don't weigh enough against that. Ok, just my (relatively uninformed) 2 cents. Cheers Ben