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Alexis King - “Effects for Less” @ ZuriHac 2020

Zürich Friends of Haskell · 24.6K views · 2020-06-14 · 1:17:07

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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.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2020–2020

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gilmi · 2020-12 · Strong recommendation

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]

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one-punch · 2020-11 · Recommendation

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

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cryptonector · 2020-06 · Reference

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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