[Haskell-cafe] Re: Knot tying vs monads

[apfelmus]

Brent Yorgey wrote:
>> but isn't there a short text that describes in detail why foldl' is
>> different from foldl and why foldr is "better" in many cases? I thought
>> this faq would have been cached already :)
>>
> 
> Perhaps you're thinking of http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Stack_overflow ?

Ah, that looks better, although it's a bit messy for my taste. I've 
scribbled a hopefully gentler explanation at 
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Haskell/Performance_Introduction .


Regards,
apfelmus