topic functional ★ seed

Haskell

Designed by committee in 1990 to consolidate lazy functional language research. Named after logician Haskell Curry. Features lazy evaluation, monads, type classes, and purity. Influenced Rust, Swift, Scala, Elm, PureScript, and many others.

#haskell #lazy #monads #type-classes #pure #1990

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GHC (Glasgow Haskell Compiler) concept

The de facto standard Haskell compiler, started at the University of Glasgow in 1992. Known for aggressive optimization, type system extensions (GADTs, type families), and serving as a testbed for PL research ideas.