[Haskell-cafe] In-place modification

[Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH]

On Jul 15, 2007, at 7:53 , Sebastian Sylvan wrote:

> Still, I think youre methodology sucks. If you want to compare
> languages you should implement the same algorithm. (...)
> If this is about comparing languages, you should compare them fairly.

But is it comparing them fairly if you use an algorithm which favors  
direct naive procedural implementation (i.e. favors C#), or one which  
favors a lazy mathematical formalism (i.e. Haskell)?

Seems to me you get the best picture by picking two algorithms, one  
which favors C# and one which favors Haskell, and implementing both  
in both languages.

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