[Haskell-beginners] Re: Just how unsafe is unsafe

Achim Schneider barsoap at web.de
Fri Feb 6 02:15:23 EST 2009


Peter Verswyvelen <bugfact at gmail.com> wrote:

> I do have asked myself the question whether a "really random
> generating" function could be regarded as "pure" somehow (actually
> would a true random function still be a mathematical function?)
>
Wasn't there some agreement some time ago on this list that the
universe itself is pure and computers are just simulating impurity by
being, essentially, state monads on steroids?

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