A Haskell developer explores methods to invoke low-level CPU instructions from GHC, such as computing the full 128-bit product of two 64-bit integers, despite GHC lacking inline assembly support. The …
A Haskell developer explains that strictness analysis, a denotational concept, does not guarantee a function evaluates its argument on every code path, as demonstrated by the function \x y -> x `seq` …
A Haskell developer seeking reliable documentation for Template Haskell quotation types reports difficulty determining expected types for splices within quotes, such as whether a splice requires `Q Na…
The article discusses the ongoing difficulties with maintaining i386 (32-bit) architecture support in GHCup, including segfaults in Cabal CI and manual builds for Alpine Linux. The author is consideri…
Technical challenges of importing Botan's `BOTAN_HAS_<feature>` support macros for use in Haskell with CPP and conditional compilation. The main obstacles include an indented `#define` in `build.h` th…
Design and efficiency of array libraries in Haskell, with the author expressing skepticism about `Data.Array`'s performance and advocating for simpler wrappers around `Data.Primitive.Array`. The autho…