
Alexis King - “Effects for Less” @ ZuriHac 2020
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Alexis King's ZuriHac 2020 talk on how effect systems in Haskell can be implemented efficiently. It looks at the performance cost of effect libraries and how to reduce it.
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HN commenters call it among the best talks of 2020 for understanding Haskell effect systems.
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I don't know, I haven't watched most of them! But the best one I did watch this year was Alexis King's 'Effects for Less' (Haskell). [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗For those who may not be familiar with the Haskell ecosystem, Alexis King (lexi-lambda) writes many blogs and libraries related to Haskell. For example, you may be interested in her recent talk on effect systems in Haskell at ZuriHac 2020,[1] based on the eff library she mainly contributes to.[2] [1]: [VIDEO] [2]: [LINK] > he's asking you to read the article more carefully she
Read original comment ↗Note that the focus here is to make it safe to have mutable data around, not to have manual memory management. Next up I hope: - [VIDEO] [LINK]
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