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Alexis King - “Effects for Less” @ ZuriHac 2020

Alexis King - “Effects for Less” @ ZuriHac 2020 on HackerTube: recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 separate months, 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.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters call it among the best talks of 2020 for understanding Haskell effect systems.

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“the best one I did watch this year was Alexis King's 'Effects for Less' (Haskell).”
— gilmi, Dec 2020, in “Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020?”

What HN commenters said

3 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.

gilmiDec 2020Strongly recommends

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). ▶ this video

in “Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020?” · View on HN

one-punchNov 2020Recommends

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]: ▶ this video [2]: [link] > he's asking you to read the article more carefully she

in “Names are not type safety” · View on HN

cryptonectorJun 2020Cites it

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: - ▶ this video [link]

in “Linear types are merged in GHC” · View on HN

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Functional programmingSoftware performance & optimizationhaskelleffectsperformancefunctional programmingalexis king