From: David Leimbach <leimy2k@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] nice quote
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2009 11:40:44 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3e1162e60909061140q63c45f1bsfd4fe92c79564f66@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.4.64.0909060820330.12479@malasada.lava.net>
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On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Tim Newsham <newsham@lava.net> wrote:
> I would like to see Haskell fill C's niche: it's close to C's
>> execution speed now, and pure functions and a terse style gives real
>> advantages in coding speed (higher-order functions abstract common
>> "patterns" without tedious framework implementations), maintainability
>> (typeclasses of parameters in utility functions means you don't write
>> different implementations of the same function for different types,
>> yet preserve type compatibility and checking), and reliability (pure
>> functions don't depend on state, so have fewer moving parts to go
>> wrong).
>>
>
> Do you know of any garbage collectors written in Haskell? Do
> you know of any thread/process schedulers written in Haskell
> that can schedule arbitrary code (ie. not just code that is
> written in a continuation monad)?
>
> I would like to see a language that lets you write low level code
> (like memcpy) efficiently, in a style that makes reasoning about
> the code easy, and which doesnt require (but can coexist and support)
> garbage collection.
>
>
Hmmm, pre-scheme perhaps? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PreScheme
It doesn't do garbage collection, and is meant for low level code, but
provides scheme's macros. Scheme48 is written in it.
> "while(n--) *p++ = *q++;"
> is still quite elegant compared to many other expressive langauges.
> setjmp and longjmp are still quite powerful.
>
> Jason Catena
>>
>
> Tim Newsham
> http://www.thenewsh.com/~newsham/
>
>
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2009-09-02 18:27 ` David Leimbach
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2009-09-03 15:02 ` Uriel
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2009-09-02 20:02 ` David Leimbach
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2009-09-02 17:31 ` Eric Van Hensbergen
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2009-09-02 18:47 ` ron minnich
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2009-09-02 22:59 ` Roman V Shaposhnik
2009-09-03 9:53 ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-03 11:24 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2009-09-03 12:01 ` tlaronde
2009-09-03 12:06 ` Brantley Coile
2009-09-03 14:03 ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-03 15:13 ` Jason Catena
2009-09-04 9:04 ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-03 14:02 ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-03 14:57 ` Robert Raschke
2009-09-04 9:04 ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-03 17:40 ` Brian L. Stuart
2009-09-04 9:03 ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-04 17:47 ` Brian L. Stuart
2009-09-04 18:01 ` Jack Norton
2009-09-04 20:18 ` Eris Discordia
2009-09-04 21:36 ` Daniel Lyons
2009-09-04 22:50 ` andrey mirtchovski
2009-09-05 14:14 ` Eris Discordia
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2009-09-05 14:36 ` Eris Discordia
2009-09-06 1:58 ` Jason Catena
2009-09-06 3:38 ` David Leimbach
2009-09-06 18:29 ` Tim Newsham
2009-09-06 18:44 ` David Leimbach
2009-09-06 17:08 ` Eris Discordia
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2009-09-06 18:05 ` David Leimbach
2009-09-06 18:34 ` James Chapman
2009-09-06 18:26 ` Tim Newsham
2009-09-06 18:40 ` David Leimbach [this message]
2009-09-07 8:54 ` Paul Donnelly
2009-09-07 9:07 ` Greg Comeau
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2009-09-04 21:52 ` Jason Catena
2009-09-05 11:02 ` Richard Miller
2009-09-05 11:22 ` Akshat Kumar
2009-09-05 12:11 ` tlaronde
2009-09-06 20:04 ` Rudolf Sykora
2009-09-06 20:45 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-07 7:51 ` Vinu Rajashekhar
2009-09-05 13:38 ` Anthony Sorace
2009-09-07 9:07 ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-07 9:39 ` Akshat Kumar
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2009-09-09 8:30 ` Greg Comeau
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2009-09-09 15:48 ` Charles Forsyth
2009-09-09 16:00 ` Russ Cox
2009-09-09 16:37 ` Abhishek Kulkarni
2009-09-09 16:51 ` Jack Norton
2009-09-09 16:07 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-09 16:07 ` Akshat Kumar
2009-09-09 16:08 ` Richard Miller
2009-09-09 16:13 ` Richard Miller
2009-09-10 21:45 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-11 7:54 ` Richard Miller
2009-09-11 10:21 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-09 16:11 ` David Leimbach
2009-09-09 16:29 ` Jason Catena
2009-09-09 17:17 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2009-09-09 18:36 ` Jason Catena
2009-09-09 17:29 ` Iruata Souza
2009-09-09 17:57 ` Tim Newsham
2009-09-10 11:59 ` Eris Discordia
[not found] ` <99A870099C1B1D6560F4CF1A@192.168.1.2>
2009-09-10 15:58 ` hiro
2009-09-10 21:24 ` Eris Discordia
2009-09-09 8:30 ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-09 8:29 ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-05 14:27 ` Eris Discordia
2009-09-05 14:33 ` Eris Discordia
[not found] ` <B6F7A6BD1919CC67B621FDE3@192.168.1.2>
2009-09-05 14:36 ` John Floren
2009-09-05 14:51 ` Eris Discordia
2009-09-05 19:30 ` Daniel Lyons
2009-09-05 23:48 ` Eris Discordia
2009-09-05 18:26 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-06 0:05 ` Eris Discordia
2009-09-06 0:17 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-06 0:37 ` Eris Discordia
2009-09-06 0:56 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-06 16:51 ` Eris Discordia
2009-09-06 17:32 ` tlaronde
2009-09-06 4:23 ` J.R. Mauro
2009-09-06 17:24 ` Eris Discordia
[not found] ` <393394D0A7F3F4A227F94CDA@192.168.1.2>
2009-09-06 18:03 ` Rob Pike
2009-09-06 19:26 ` Eris Discordia
2009-09-07 15:47 ` J.R. Mauro
2009-09-07 8:54 ` Paul Donnelly
2009-09-07 9:04 ` Daniel Lyons
2009-09-07 9:05 ` Vinu Rajashekhar
2009-09-07 9:05 ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-07 9:49 ` Daniel Lyons
2009-09-07 11:34 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-07 16:00 ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-07 19:23 ` Eris Discordia
2009-09-09 8:29 ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-09 8:35 ` Paul Donnelly
2009-09-03 19:38 ` tlaronde
2009-09-03 21:55 ` Daniel Lyons
2009-09-03 22:01 ` Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan
2009-09-07 8:54 ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-04 9:15 ` Greg Comeau
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