User:MathematicalOrchid

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Contents 1 Status 2 Main Interests 3 Projects 3.1 Active 3.2 On Hold 3.3 Failed 4 Contributed Code 5 Current Unsolved Questions

1 Status

Enthusiastic Haskell newbie.

2 Main Interests

• Using Haskell to write triposcopic mathematical algorithms with only a tiny amount of code.
• Using Haskell to do seriously compute-bounded work in a multiprocessor setup.

3 Projects

3.1 Active

• (no name) — chaos pendulum simulator (Status: moderately working, needs UI)
• Haktal — fractal generator. (Status: minimal functionality)
• HoJ — Haskell to Java compiler. (Status: skeletal)
• Evlor — Interactive Haskell step-line debugger. (Status: skeletal)
• Indoculate — Program to convert a single (custom) source to both HTML and LaTeX, and also do cross-linking. (Status: in production use)

3.2 On Hold

• Sorting algorithm benchmarks.
• Audio DSP in Haskell.
• Haskell implementation of compression algorithms.
• Haskell SDL for POV-Ray.

3.3 Failed

• Haskell ray tracer.
• Haskell type deducer.
• Haskell program to cause world peace.

4 Contributed Code

• Library for binary
• Library for vectors
• Library for colours
• Library for PPM images
• Toy compression implementations

5 Current Unsolved Questions

• Why do Haskell language extensions exist?
• How do you do graphics in Haskell?
• How come (e.g.) Smalltalk provides 27 different types of collection, but Haskell only ever involves single-linked lists and binary trees?
• Why is
  putStr xs1; putStr xs2
  slower than
  putStr (xs1 ++ xs2)
  ?