[Haskell-cafe] Haskell in 3 Slides

[Don Stewart]

adam.turoff:
> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Don Stewart <dons at galois.com> wrote:
> > Exactly: focus on what the user wants to do (e.g. write multicore code,
> > write safe code, write code quickly), not how that is achieved:
> > "bounded parametric polymorphism" or "monads"
> 
> Parametric polymorphism is a big win, and highlights something
> a user wants to do.  A *shallow* overview (one bullet, one
> function) might fit.  Off the top of my head:
> 
>   incr :: (Num a) => a -> a
>   incr = (+ 1)
> 
> Writing that operation in other languages is either (a) repeated for
> every numeric type or (b) not typesafe.  Haskell is one of the few
> that delivers both, and that is worth underscoring.  And it gives
> you an opportunity to wave your hands and talk about type
> inferencing without wasting room on a slide.
> 

Right, so talk about "Reuse!" (polymorphism) , "Productivity" (type
inference) "Performance" (static typing + optimizer)

-- Don