[Haskell-cafe] Python is lazier than Haskell

Ben Lippmeier benl at ouroborus.net
Fri Apr 29 06:38:35 CEST 2011


On 27/04/2011, at 7:30 PM, Henning Thielemann wrote:

>  "If Haskell is great because of its laziness,
>   then Python must be even greater,
>   since it is lazy at the type level."

Laziness at the value level causes space leaks, and laziness at the type level causes mind leaks. Neither are much fun.

When people start wanting laziness at the kind level we'll have to quarantine them before the virus spreads...

Ben.




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