Simon Peyton Jones writes:
> Short summary
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Concentrate on your main innovation, and refrain from innovating
> anywhere you don't have to. If you invent everything from scratch
> you'll slow down your design a great deal, and reduce uptake from your
> users.
I agree
> The current Curry design differs form Haskell in many places
> where it could be identical. I think that represents a big missed
> opportunity.
In fact, we were already trying to keep close to Haskell,
and only to deviate at crucial points (like e.g. logic
variables, evaluation patterns, ...). Maybe we were not
consequent enough.
Herbert
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