<div class="gmail_quote">Simon PJ's interview in Computer World about Haskell:</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1974033854" target="_blank">http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1974033854</a><br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>contains the following quote:<br></div><div>
<br></div><div> "IO is a side effect as we discussed. IO ensures the launching of<br></div><div><div> the missiles: do it now and do it in this order. IO means that it</div><div> needs to be done in a particular order, so you say do this and</div>
<div> then do that and you are mutating the state of the world."</div><div><br></div><div>I couldn't help enjoying the following abbreviation:</div><div><br></div><div><div> "IO ensures the launching of the missiles ... and you are mutating</div>
<div> the state of the world."</div><div> </div><div>:-)</div><div><br></div><div>Nikhil</div><div>PS: Also, "oh, that's not very cool, how can we launch missiles with that?"</div></div></div></div>